Shirley Yamaguchi

Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Hsiang-lan, rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies.