She is the first Asian actor to win an Oscar. I love history makers.

@joserizal6773

4 жыл бұрын

Actress

@emiliob7428

4 жыл бұрын

The girl who is Jessica in Parasite should have got an Oscar

@emiliobello2429

4 жыл бұрын

@@emiliob7428 she should have

@abandonedfragmentofhope5415

4 жыл бұрын

@@emiliob7428 You mean Ki-Jung. I know she goes by "Jessica".

@emiliob7428

4 жыл бұрын

Abandoned Hope yes

RIP Miyoshi Umeki (May 8, 1929 - August 28, 2007), aged 78 You will always be remembered as a legend.

I love how she runs to the stage with a really happy smile like a cheerful little girl. She looks so adorable and graceful at the same time.

@noripee8278

Жыл бұрын

No one in Japan can run with kimono now 👘 I’ve worn twice but I don’t want to again. Could I run？ No way, I couldn’t breath 😮‍💨 ！

Only Asian woman to win an Oscar and this was in 1958.

@evancbiju474

4 жыл бұрын

Bhanu attaiya from india won oscar for costume designing.

@evancbiju474

4 жыл бұрын

@Preet Patel did I say ,everyone has asked about that???

@evancbiju474

4 жыл бұрын

@Preet Patel excuse me.mind your language.Its not a fault to have a mistake.But if any one correct or update it,plz accept it.

@evancbiju474

4 жыл бұрын

@Preet Patel OK.Then leave it

@mckavitt13

3 жыл бұрын

@@evancbiju474 Maybe he meant as an actress or actor. Plus, Asian is not exactly the same as Asiatic... for us Westerners. But I appreciate your comment. Do you recall the year?

My father knew her as a young girl in Japan and taught her her first American song. He was so proud.

@Alex-hk6zg

3 жыл бұрын

Stop capping!!!

@martinleavitt6094

3 жыл бұрын

👍

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

What was the song ? ? 🎵🎵🎵

@user-gg4od5yy8j

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have twitter or facebook or instagram?

@janeiwasduncan8463

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-gg4od5yy8j No I don't...stuck in ",.yesteryeat" don't have a computer...so what was the song...🎹🎹🎵🎵

I think it's amazing and rather touching too that a little over a decade after World War II a naturalized American, a Japanese born actress was honored with the American Oscars! :) My first memory of Miyoshi was as Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper of Bill Bixby's and Brandon Cruz's characters, in the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. I remember watching reruns of the show in the early '70s. I loved her in "Flower Drum Song" too. RIP to a great lady, the lovely and elegant Umeki..

she was so adorable and she always spoke so soft i thought she was a good actress that deserves more credit

@TheChannelTV-bt8em

8 жыл бұрын

+tara lang Couldn't agree more. I loved her, I still do.

i love how graceful she was when she went on stage she practically flew like a crane! and her speech was simply beautiful!

She is so sweet and beautiful! The movie she starred in is one of my favorite!

Don't you love what she's wearing?! I wish this video were in color. What a wonderful actress!

@emiliobello2538

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Bill Bixby, who starred with Miyoshi in “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”, was quoted as saying “She was the best actress he had ever worked with.”

Her performance was so heart touching. She really deserved that Oscar.

Miyoshi Umeki is so sweet! Every time I see beautiful Miyoshi she has such a sweet demeanor & a pleasant face & smile. She was marvelous in Sayonara. She was quite magnificent in Flower Drum Song as well.

The loveliest winner ever. Such a wonderfule culture Japan has

A Latino actor giving an Asian actress an oscar because he won the year before. Weird how in the 50s this happened but not now

@gordonbgraham

5 жыл бұрын

The movie she played in had a latino actor playing a famous Japanese kabuki actor.

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1

5 жыл бұрын

Philippe- Maybe because she was indeed the best supporting actress that year? as opposed to the current trope of identity politics demanding people get Oscars because they are a minority?

@thevhfa3975

4 жыл бұрын

@@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 No one is demanding people get Oscars because they are a minority. They are demanding performances don't get overlooked because they were done by a minority. Two VERY different things.

@arthro9259

4 жыл бұрын

@@thevhfa3975 Preach Pastor

@AllGreyEverything

4 жыл бұрын

@@thevhfa3975 I fully agree, and that more roles are made available to actors of all ethnic backgrounds overall. It's hard to win an Oscar for a role that doesn't exist. In films set in modern times that aren't biopics, there usually isn't a reason not to consider actors of color for lead roles.

This was very remarkable for the 1950s: a Mexican actor (descendant of Cherokees) giving the award for a Japanese actress.

@thomasmagnum3588

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The 50s were certainly very strange times. For some reason, artistic achievement and individual accomplishments were considered to be more important than race, ethnicity or diversity. Amazing how we survived at all !

One of the most underrated movies ever- Sayonara

@draganpaunovic5596

3 жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando was superb in this movie as well . Marlon Brando did so many good movies in his career

she was so lovely Sayonara is still one of the greatest films .

This lady was very talented in all areas and a beautiful person she will be remembered for all of this !!!!

I had no idea she won this until seeing this video. Good for her !!!

I LOVED HOW MIYOSHI LET IT BE KNOWN THAT SHE LOVED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. A CLASSY LADY. AND VERY DESERVING OF THAT OSCAR. FOR ONCE THEY GAVE IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON.

Anthony Quinn was so awesome.

such a beautiful smile!!!

What a sweet and gracious speech. Not only a beautiful woman but a beautiful soul. And if you have not yet seen SAYONARA get a box of tissues and settle down.

Umeki certainly deserved it. With a role that really hasn't got much depth, she managed to make the most of what she had to work with. Her performance is so full of pathos it's impossible not to feel love and pity for the character of Katsumi.

I've loved her as an actress since I first saw Flower Drum Song in the 60's.

What a beautiful movie. The Japanese women were exquisitely majestic, beyond delicate.

She was so beautiful!!

I cried like a baby on this movie.

@godriclil9379

5 жыл бұрын

I cried like a baby on novel. Did you ever read it?

@WakandaBabe

5 жыл бұрын

No. Maybe I'll put it on my list.

@AlexakaRosco

3 жыл бұрын

Me too ! The ending is so touching !

She’s absolutely adorable!

Every time I see her, she always makes me smile!

@manuelbello5806

10 ай бұрын

Same with everyone

And today, Yuh-Jung Youn follows in her footstep

Absolutely groundbreaking & such an iconic actress!!!!👏👏👏👏

Man, I miss Lemmon. Such a great actor. Umeki was brilliant also. Born in Japan and achieved the American dream.

APPLAUSE TO MIYOSHI UMEKI, A BEAUTIFUL AND CLASSY LADY! I REMEMBER WATCHING HER IN THE 📺 SERIES "THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER" AS A YOUNG PERSON. R.I.P. MISS. UMEKI. 🙏 💔 👼 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊

I had to come here after Yuh-Jung Youn won her Oscar. A long time coming for another Asian actress to win a statue.

Amazing piece of the History I love when Hollywood recognize the talent of foreign people

So adorable!

@manuelbello5806

11 ай бұрын

Yes

Such a lovely gentle beautiful person.

Today they talk about the FIRST ASIAN TO WIN AN OSCAR ! WELL, it happened first in 1957 ! She was delightful. Such a beautiful performance !

Rest in peace angel.

I think Miko Taka was wonderful in the film as well and was deserving of a best actress nomination.

Such a breath of fresh air !

I'm not very aware of this time period. The people. The sights. The sounds. I'm not aware of who shouldn't have won and who should have won. But I am aware of this being one of the most charming acceptance speeches I have ever seen. ... ... ...

She’s beautiful

This was a surprisingly tough competition. Carolyn Jones was absolutely solid and unforgettable in the otherwise bland Bachelor Party; the two Peyton Place actresses were very good, especially Hope Lange; Elsa Lanchester was a favorite; and Umecki was beautiful in Sayonara. Tough choice.

Aww such a sweet lady

She was the best actress and human being. Flower Drum Song, Sayonara, The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Her work is brilliant. Remember when award shows were award shows?

Fantastic movie and she was great!

What a sweetheart!

So beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would argue that the real love story in Sayonara was between Red Buttons and Umeki. It was so intense and beautiful. And unfortunately, they lived out the kabuki theater metaphor. :(

@Scottsteaux63

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And I think that the Academy felt that they could not give the Award to Umeki and not to Buttons so he won for Supporting Actor (a performance that really breaks the heart).

omg im crying she's so cute running to the stage :'O

She was great as Mrs Livingston in COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER.

she's so cuteeeeee

Miyoshi was also the first Asian performer to win an Oscar for acting.

@emiliob7428

4 жыл бұрын

C.J. O'Dell who else were there?

TCM just showed this movie today. so good

just beautiful...

@TIPTON340 She most certainly did more than say "Sayonara." She had some heart-wrenching scenes and her performance had an authenticity that is difficult to successfully convey on screen.

@johnfulton4061

Жыл бұрын

That vicious cruel comment about her winning for just saying Sayonara was made by that vicious has been critic Rex Reed who showed the world that he had no acting ability in one of the worst movies ever made Myra Breckenridge

So well deserved !

Amazing. I bet she was great in Sayonara, until now there weren’t Asian actors for Oscars, Michelle Yeoh should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Crazy Rich Asians

@DiogenesLantern

Жыл бұрын

She was good, but you should tell us which of the five nominees she would replace.

@emiliobello2538

3 ай бұрын

@@DiogenesLanternin place of Rachel Wiess

the first asian actress to win an oscar for best supprting actress/ after 61 years another achievement from asia when sokor movie parasite won for best picture/director/foreign award and so on

HISTORY MAKER what a queen

いや、こんな映像が見られるなんて、感動してます。

🎂Umeki Miyoshi 05--08-2022 🏆

Jack and Anthony exchange😅 back when they knew and had simple elegance & irony

it is strange that only 12.5 years after WW2 they recognized a Japanese woman, but haven't since- prejudice /anti Japan sentiments were still extreme then...but no one has ever written 500 editorials about why Asians are over looked year in year out

@danieliliadis

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqGhxdiglJu-dpM.html Check this out, a wonderful page dedicated to breaking down the Oscars...

Cutest actor from Japan. I could listen to her voice for hours.

Miyoshi is so beautiful on shes kimono

Shining example how to pick up Oscar :D Miyoshi entered the stage soooo fast!

I love her kimono

Ho...that's enough to Express your feelings....no need long sentences...😇🥰

日本人唯一のオスカー俳優…正に日本の誇りであり伝説だ……！

First Oscar for Japan then came some others like Spirited Away for Best Animated Feature and Departures for Best Foriegn Language Film and now Drive My Car for multiple awards. Shoplifters was also nominated. Someday we may get a Japanese movie for Best Documentary Feature

@manuelbello5806

11 ай бұрын

Maybe soon

Im always happy everytime i see fellow asian to win in a western platform

Great to watch it.

And now we have Michele Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan win for Everything Everywhere All At Once. Soon there will be more. Asian actor for Best Actor soon

Yes, there were pundits back then. Most predicted that Diane Varsi would win for her role in "Peyton Place". Only problem was that Hope Lange from the same film was also unforgettable. All four of her competitors deserved to win: an embarrassment of riches, one could say. Red Buttons, her lover in the film won the supporting actor; and Myoshi Umeki's character won her the Oscar. If you want to see her in some very comedic moments, see " Flower Drum Song".

She is so cute .. really ❤💖

所作がキレイよ。特にオスカー像を優しく握るのが。

HOLY COW YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anthony Quinn went through that like he was in a hurry.

@kdohertygizbur

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't show the Nominees back then and people in the audience didn't clap for every nomination back then I think it changed a few years later

Wow..never heard this.. Go..go.umeki Go..go.. Asian.. well-done 🤗🤗💪💪💪

She is they first Asian in the acting business ever to win an Oscar.

Taking nothing away from puppies, penguins, and koala bears, Miyoshi Umeki was the single most adorable creature on the face of the earth at the time and a talented actress and singer as well. One of the funniest things I ever saw and heard was her imitation of Billy Eckstine. Wish I could find it somewhere on youtube. She was also something of a riot in Flower Drum Song. "My back is wet." Her performance in Sayonara was lovely to behold, but I would have liked to see Piper Laurie included among the nominees as Jean Simmons' self-destructive sister in Until They Sail.

@drstrangelove6558

8 жыл бұрын

(Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb (1964)

@sjcohen4444

6 жыл бұрын

TheChannel.TV Umeki was part of my childhood, having played Mrs. Livingston on the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

@sliat1981

6 жыл бұрын

There’s no such thing as koala bears. It’s a koala. It’s not a fucking bear

@independentfilmchannel1476

2 жыл бұрын

@@sliat1981 Belatedly, thank you for that correction. It's a common error so no need for the hostility.

Adorei ela correndo pro palco 😍💕

I come here after youn yuh jung won best supporting actress 💪

so hard to believe only 2 Asian actresses have ever been nominated for Oscars- Umeki and Rinko Kikuchi from Babel...everytime a year doesn't have a black actor or actress included- there are 100 stories about racism in Hollywood....but ONly 2 Asian womwn- now that's a story about racism!!!

@nigelhenriques1893

7 жыл бұрын

and merle oberon

@twyz0ne

2 жыл бұрын

Why not just move to Japan if you want to see more of them winning awards. Last time I checked this was America dude. They are super minority here. Not many Americans are winning Japanese awards are they? Can you name one? Probably not right? I don't even think White Americans exist in their filming industry. You talk about racist. Ha! Go to Asia and see just how racist they can get. Americans are a lot more willing and accepting. You got some nerve. Blacks are treated like dirt over there too. You would never see any in a Japanese film? They are even known to shrink Black actors on American film posters etc. What in God's name is wrong with them? You can definitely forget about Blacks winning any awards. I hope this get through to you. I will be honest with you. I do think the Asian community could get a little more love and recognition in America, but it's simply not going to be many winning awards. Simply not an Asian country dude. What do you expect? Go to Hong Kong or something.

@aagold76

2 жыл бұрын

@@twyz0ne wow- you're incredibly racist!

You see Carolyn Jones clapping as Miyoshi gets up :D

And now, Umecki is no longer the only Asian actress to win an Oscar. Congratulations, Youn Yuh-jung!

@emiliobello2538

3 жыл бұрын

I hope there are more

@DiogenesLantern

Жыл бұрын

Notable that Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland were born in Tokyo so, while not Asian, were Asian-born.

One of the most profound speeches.

Look at the height difference between Quinn and Umeki.

And then 65 years later, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh became the first East Asian (being from Vietnam and Malaysia, respectively) Oscar winners for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role, respectively.

@manuelbello5806

11 ай бұрын

And what about Youn Yuh Jung Minari?

@TMX1138

11 ай бұрын

@@manuelbello5806 She was in the Best Supporting Actress Category, which Umeki also won for Sayonara. In Michelle Yeoh’s case, it was Actress in a LEADING Role.

@nicknicknick5305

3 ай бұрын

@@TMX1138Ms. Yeoh : Yes Mr. Quan : No ; He was 2nd actor of Southeast Asian to win Oscar for supporting category. The 1st was Dr. Haing S.Ngor (Cambodia).

Its so bittersweet that she was the FIRST and LAST asian actress to win an Oscar for an acting role.

Amazing

A year to the day after her death..her only adopted son also died in his 50s. That is just so sad.

Wow, the haters are thick (mentally as well). Umeki deserved it as much as anyone, no slight to Lanchester or Jones...

Asian and Native American actors and actresses will be represented in film when Asian and Native American writers provide the novels and screenplays for them. When I was an extra, these were the least requested ethnicities and they still are. Asian and Native American directors are also needed.

Strong competition!

And Youn Yuhjung from South Korea will win this time Oscar for supporting actress for the second time as an East Asian.