Movies and TvShows featuring "caucasian-actress-plays-an-asian-character" theme.

Ziegfeld Follies is an anthology film that showcases a series of musical numbers and comedy sketches, featuring an ensemble cast. The film includes tap dance routines, stop-motion animation, and beautiful dancing girls. It follows various comedic and musical segments, including a wrong number sketch, a jewelry thief's escapade, and a court trial. Set in the early 1900s to 1940s, the film is a satirical comedy that provides entertainment through a variety of entertaining performances.

Dragon Seed is set in a small Chinese village during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II. It follows the struggles of a Chinese family as they try to survive the hardships caused by the invasion. The story revolves around a young female student activist who joins the resistance against the Japanese forces, while her father-in-law collaborates with them for personal gain. The movie explores themes of war, resistance, and the resilience of the Chinese people.

A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.

The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.

Short tourist film set on a tropical island where a sailor falls in love with a native girl.

Sykes, an American engaged to a poor girl, goes to the Philippines as a teacher, and the girl stays behind to await their marriage. Sykes, after some time has passed, has succumbed to the tropic influences, and is living with a native girl, when one day he hears from the girl back home that she is coming to join him and that she will arrive at dawn next day. An aunt has died and left her a lot of money. Caring more for this coin that the girl, Sykes tries to get rid of the native girl, but she makes a row, and he in fear of losing his girl and her cash, poisons the native girl, who dies. He is about to get rid of the body when a young lieutenant of the U.S. Army shows up with his sergeant, inquiring the way to the trail of Indians, and becomes suspicious of Sykes' uneasiness and finds the dead girl.

The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines.

Jimmy Aubrey causes chaos in China.