- Loretta Young, The Hatchet Man, 1931. Although Japanese-born, Mori was seen for the Chinese-American Sun Toya San being hunted by the titular Edward G Robinson. So, of course, his target became white, as well… like most of the thriller’s Asiatic characters. Being discarded, said Mori, was“the biggest disappointment of the first five years of my career” – which (slightly) improved, when she signed a Columbia contract, resulting in The Bitter Tea of General Yan, and Charlie Chan cases.
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