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Movies starring Tetsu Komai have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 58%.
The Letter - released in 1940 - is Tetsu Komai's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 84 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Tetsu Komai is Sundown - released in 1941 - with a score of 33% based on 2 reviews.
Tetsu Komai (駒井哲 Komai Tetsu) (April 23, 1894 – August 10, 1970), also known as Tetsuo Komai, was a Japanese-American actor, known for his minor roles in Hollywood films. Born in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Komai had small parts in over 50 films from the 1920s until the mid-1960s. In his early films, Tetsu, who was usually on this called is to play Chinese characters, was often described with derogatory terms such as "Chinaman,". He played the villain in many of his films.
He immigrated to the United States in December 1907, arriving at the Port of Seattle; he lived in Seattle for several years after this initial immigration. During the Second World War, the actor, his wife, and their children were interned with groups of other Japanese-Americans and Japanese resident aliens at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona from August 27, 1942 to November 3, 1945.
He died in Gardena, California of congestive heart failure, aged 76.
Tetsu Komai has acted in films with Willie Fung, Nella Walker, Lawrence Grant and Wong Chung.
Tetsu Komai has worked with these film directors: Henry Hathaway, William Wyler, Lloyd Corrigan and Howard Hawks.
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