Word: xianglan
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...foreign film industry the Japanese controlled was China's, and among its top stars was Li Xianglan, born Yoshiko Yamaguchi. Moviegoers thought her Chinese, and in wartime films she became one of the most popular actresses, as well as a popular singer. Faced with postwar treason charges and possible execution, she revealed her Japanese ancestry and was deported. But Yamaguchi's charisma soon overcame her "crimes." In the '50s she made films in Hong Kong (Bu Wancang's The Unforgettable Night) and the U.S. (King Vidor's Japanese War Bride and Samuel Fuller's House of Bamboo) as well...
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