Tamlyn Tomita
Date of birth: 1966-01-27
Place of birth: Okinawa, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Tamlyn Naomi Tomita
Biography
Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai. She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club.
Movie Credits
Four Rooms
1995-12-09
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to pla
The Day After Tomorrow
2004-05-26
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmen
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006-04-05
On February 4, 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. A
Robot Stories
2003-01-01
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adoptin
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993-12-12
The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of sp
Only The Brave
2006-10-23
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, ‘Only the Brave’ takes you on a haunting journey into the h
The Right Mom
2021-09-17
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shoc
The Eye
2008-02-01
Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She
Tekken
2010-03-20
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories ar
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005-02-18
The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles bank. The NSA, with the
The Joy Luck Club
1993-09-08
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born
Come See the Paradise
1990-08-17
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job
Vietnam Texas
1990-03-09
A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that
Vanishing Son IV
1994-10-15
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-Wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019-10-13
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Nomads
2010-10-18
Susan is a filmmaker working on a documentary about subway suicides at Mexico City. Roberto is an u
To Heal a Nation
1988-05-29
The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man.
Walking Shadow
2001-08-26
Spenser attends a play at his girlfriend's insistence to meet a director who is allegedly being stal
Ultraman: Rising
2024-06-14
A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Toky
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999-02-18
During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths o
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014-03-20
An action/comedy about two offbeat filmmakers reuniting the Asian bad guys from action films from th
Teacher of the Year
2015-05-19
Surrounded by the eccentric faculty of Truman High School, Mitch Carter wins the California Teacher
The Killing Jar
1997-05-27
Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However,
Operation Marriage
2014-09-27
Two young siblings try to get their lesbian moms married before Proposition 8 passes in California.
Picture Bride
1995-05-05
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has
Hiroshima Maiden
1988-05-14
"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks t
Runaway Virus
2000-01-29
Two virus experts track down contagious people across the world. But it's only a matter of time befo
Why Am I Doing This?
2009-03-09
Lester is trying be the next Louis CK… except everyone wants him to be Chris Rock. Tony is trying t
Vanishing Son II
1994-07-23
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa h
The Good Neighbor
2016-09-16
Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.
Daddy
2015-09-12
Colin McCormack thinks he has it all - a great job, a steady stream of hot younger guys, and a best
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022-05-01
The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005-09-02
In 1908, Titoe leaves her home country of Japan to try her luck in Brazil. Her intention is just to
The Unbidden
2016-04-22
Four women are confronted by a mysterious young man who knows a dark secret from their past.
The Karate Kid Part II
1986-06-18
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-yea
Real Artists
2017-03-02
In the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job, but, when she discover
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990-08-06
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, America
Hawaiian Dream
1987-08-29
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered
Hundred Percent
1998-03-21
Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his
Touch
1997-02-14
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's pr
The Living Worst
2019-02-09
Weezy (Louise) is a cerebral thirty-something soon to be married and unable to feel anything more th
The Real Miyagi
2015-02-20
The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.
I Will Make You Mine
2020-03-28
Three women wrestle with life's difficulties while confronting their past relationships with the sam
Living Out Loud
1998-10-30
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor,
The Mikado Project
2010-07-20
A struggling Asian American Theater company decides to put on a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's T
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992-06-19
Raven is a ninja, a former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent,
Requiem
1995-11-07
A waitress-dancer remembers her loving brother and their bittersweet childhood in Hong Kong.
The Joy Luck Club 2
In the sequel, the mothers become grandmothers and the daughters become mothers in their own right,
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017-08-01
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motio
Life Tastes Good
1999-01-24
A quirky tale that brings together a murder, poisonous mushrooms and a mysterious woman to reveal th