Toshia Mori

Acting

Toshia Mori

Born 1912-01-01 · Kyoto, Japan

Toshia Mori (born Toshiye Ichioka) was a Japanese actress who moved to the United States at age ten and had a career in American films from the mid 1920s through the late 1930s.

Acting credits

The Bitter Tea of General Yen poster
6.3

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

Blondie Johnson poster
5.9

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

Blondie Johnson

1933

George White's 1935 Scandals poster
7.0

A Broadway producer discovers new talent in a small Georgia town and brings them to New York for his new show.

George White's 1935 Scandals

1935

Mr. Wu poster
5.8

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

Mr. Wu

1927

Union Depot poster
6.1

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Union Depot

1932

Tiger Shark poster
6.5

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Tiger Shark

1932

The Hatchet Man poster
5.4

When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.

The Hatchet Man

1932

Way for a Sailor poster
5.3

A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

Way for a Sailor

1930

Charlie Chan on Broadway poster
7.1

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.

Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937

Chinatown Squad poster
7.5

Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.

Chinatown Squad

1935

Reaching for the Moon poster
5.7

Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.

Reaching for the Moon

1930

Roar of the Dragon poster
6.5

A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.

Roar of the Dragon

1932

Ambassador Bill poster
6.4

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.

Ambassador Bill

1931

The Secrets of Wu Sin poster
6.5

A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.

The Secrets of Wu Sin

1932

Young Bride poster
4.2

A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.

Young Bride

1932

Fury of the Jungle poster
7.0

Joan Leesom is stranded in a remote South American jungle village. She is pursued by the rapacious Taggart Taggart, however, has been involved with the beautiful native girl Chita. Chita now feels nothing but hatred for Joan, creating a deadly triangle that leads to an explosive ending.

Fury of the Jungle

1933

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) poster
6.0

A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

1932

The House Without a Key poster
8.0

A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'

The House Without a Key

1926

The Man Without a Face poster
9.0

The Man Without a Face is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.

The Man Without a Face

1928

The Non-Stop Flight poster
7.0

In 1906 Sweden, Captain Lars Larson (Knute Erickson) goes on a sea voyage, leaving his wife (Marcella Daly) behind expecting their first child. Unbeknownst to him while he is at sea, a bitter rival kidnaps her and makes it look as though she left him willingly. When he returns and discovers their home abandoned, he all but goes mad with bitterness and rage, destroying their home. In the years that follow, Larson becomes a sadistic, drunken reprobate of the sea, working for smugglers carrying all kinds of illegal cargo, including drugs -- and human cargo.

The Non-Stop Flight

1926

Streets of Shanghai poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Streets of Shanghai

1927