Overview
John Mamoru Fujioka (June 29, 1925 – December 13, 2018) was an American actor of Japanese descent. He was particularly known for performing the role of a Japanese holdout soldier in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure, and American Ninja. He died in December 2018 at the age of 93.
Fujioka, who was openly gay, was survived by his life partner, Gerald Lentes.
Partial filmography
1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater as Auctioneer
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko as Minya
1963 The Rifleman (TV Series) as Hikaru Yamanaka
1964 McHale's Navy as Japanese J.G.
1973 Submersion of Japan as Narita
1975 Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) as Kuroda
1976 Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
1976 Futureworld as Mr. Takaguchi
1980 The Private Eyes as Mr. Uwatsum
1980 The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Cleveland
1980 The Octagon as Master Isawa
1981 Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure as Kamasuka
1982 Some Kind of Hero as Captain Tan Tai
1982 They Call Me Bruce? as Master
1985 American Ninja as Shinyuki
1986 Body Slam as Mr. Kim
1987 Steel Dawn as Cord
1988 Noble House as Baldhead Kin
1988 The Last Samurai as Yasujiro Endo
1989 Paint It Black as Mr. Lee
1990 Martial Law as Chang
1990 Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) as Sensei Musashi
1991 V.I. Warshawski as Sumitora
1992 American Samurai as Tatsuya Sanga
1993 American Yakuza as Isshin Tendo
1995 Mortal Kombat as Chief Priest
1997 Tear It Down
2001 Pearl Harbor as Nishikura
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