Emily Kuroda

Acting

Emily Kuroda

Born 1952-10-30 · Fresno, California, USA

Emily Keiko Kuroda (born October 30, 1952) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mrs. Kim on TV's Gilmore Girls, but she has had a long career on stage and screen and is a veteran of East West Players, Los Angeles's premier Asian American theater group.

Acting credits

The End of Oak Street poster
6.4

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

The End of Oak Street

2026

RED poster
6.7

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

RED

2010

Strange World poster
6.2

A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

Strange World

2022

Kimi poster
6.2

A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.

Kimi

2022

Hotel for Dogs poster
6.1

Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.

Hotel for Dogs

2009

Shopgirl poster
5.8

Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.

Shopgirl

2005

The Suburbans poster
4.0

The Suburbans, a one-hit-wonder new wave band from the '80s, reunite at their bassist's wedding, where a promising young record executive sees the ensemble perform. When she encourages them to launch a revival, the group must weigh their dreams of fame and fortune against the reality of their relatively quiet domestic lives.

The Suburbans

1999

The Sensei poster
4.2

Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Karen O'Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds.

The Sensei

2008

Gloria poster
NR

Gloria, a Chinese woman in her 70s living alone and struggling with her memory, finds newfound purpose in teaching herself Spanish.

Gloria

2025

Take the 10 poster
5.0

A day in the life of two best friends, a drug dealer, and a store manager collide at a hip-hop concert in the Inland Empire.

Take the 10

2017

The Preppie Murder poster
5.6

This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now when questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as a result of rough sex. Now her family doesn't believe this, so they press the district attorney's office to try him for murder, but he has a good lawyer who plays his defense right down to putting the dead girl on trial.

The Preppie Murder

1989

She Said No poster
7.7

A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and slander leaving her feeling raped again.

She Said No

1990

Worth Winning poster
5.3

Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from three women of their choice.

Worth Winning

1989

Peep World poster
4.8

On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.

Peep World

2010

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle poster
7.5

A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

1994

Stranger Inside poster
4.5

After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also imprisoned. Before long, Treasure encounters Brownie, a lifer and gang leader. Brownie reveals that she is Treasure's mother, and takes the girl under her wing, protecting her from the dangers of hardcore prison life. But some women in Brownie's gang resent Treasure's presence, leading to violent conflict.

Stranger Inside

2001

No artwork available
NR

Gloria, a Chinese woman in her 70s, lives alone and entertains a simple, monotonous life taking walks in her suburban Bay Area neighborhood, perusing her enormous stack of National Geographics, and avoiding conversations with her son about her failing memory. One afternoon, she encounters an article titled "To Stave Off Dementia, Learn a Language?" Fearful and resentful, she refuses to read it. But after passing the Mexican grocery in her neighborhood, a sense of longing to improve her mental state and connect with her community activates a shift. Gloria dives into teaching herself Spanish, an act that introduces both newfound purpose and friendship.

Gloria

Heartless poster
3.9

A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.

Heartless

1997

Party Boat poster
5.8

Party Boat focuses on Max, who is throwing a 25th birthday party for his best friend Kiley. When Max finds out Kiley's boyfriend Greg plans to propose, he embarks on an adventure to win Kiley's heart and throw his greatest party ever.

Party Boat

2017

Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure poster
4.2

Aussie, a lovable Australian mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.

Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure

2009

Maybe Someday poster
NR

Hal Donnelly, a hopeless 20-something slacker, gets his life back on track with the help of a teenage girl claiming to be his daughter from the future

Maybe Someday

2017

Yellow poster
6.6

Eight friends in Los Angeles spend their last evening together as they face graduation from high school and the onset of their adult lives. One of them gets in unexpected trouble when he loses a large sum of his dad's money. The friends rally together to attempt to raise the money back in one evening in a wild and desperate scavenger hunt.

Yellow

1998

No artwork available
NR

For the 25th anniversary of the beloved American dramedy television series Gilmore Girls, this documentary explores the show's role in American cultural history, as well as include never-before-seen cast interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from crew, writers, and directors.

Searching for Stars Hollow

American Geisha poster
8.0

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.

American Geisha

1986