Actor, activist and Japanese-American community personality Rodney Kageyama, 77, died in his sleep early on December 9, according to his spouse.
Kageyama had major roles in Karate Kid IV with Hilary Swank, the Ron Howard film Gung Ho and the sitcom based on the film that followed, and the groundbreaking TV movie Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes with Max Von Sydow. He was a member of SAG and Actors Equity.
In addition to numerous roles in film and television, Kageyama became a well-known community activist, regularly emceeing in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, as well as being a voice promoting the need for more Asian-Americans in the media.
Among the many social activist and community organizations Kageyama was affiliated with were the Asian-American Pacific Artists Association, The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (Cape), East West Players, The Japanese American National Museum, and Nissei Week Japanese Festival..
Kageyama began...
Kageyama had major roles in Karate Kid IV with Hilary Swank, the Ron Howard film Gung Ho and the sitcom based on the film that followed, and the groundbreaking TV movie Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes with Max Von Sydow. He was a member of SAG and Actors Equity.
In addition to numerous roles in film and television, Kageyama became a well-known community activist, regularly emceeing in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, as well as being a voice promoting the need for more Asian-Americans in the media.
Among the many social activist and community organizations Kageyama was affiliated with were the Asian-American Pacific Artists Association, The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (Cape), East West Players, The Japanese American National Museum, and Nissei Week Japanese Festival..
Kageyama began...
- 12/14/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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