from karate kid 2 to picture pride to joy luck club to?
History:
TAMLYN TOMITA
first made her debut in media entertainment when she played "Kumiko" in The
Karate Kid: II (1986). Since then, she's starred in seven other films, the most well-recognized
of which are The Joy Luck Club (as "Waverly"), Come See the Paradise (as "Lily Kawamura"),
Picture Bride (as "Kana"), and Four Rooms.
Tamlyn has also made numerous television appearances on shows such as Babylon 5,
Chicago Hope, Vanishing Son, Livin' Single, Sisters and Santa Barbara. Until recently, she
was also a star on the UPN show The Burning Zone but has since left to pursue other career
interests.
Tamlyn's recent project is Hundred Percent, a comedy film depicting a group of Generation X
Asian-Americans, which also stars (among others) Garrett Wang.
Click on the pictures to visit the other websites that feature additional information on
this hard-working actress as she seek roles that doesn't stereotypes people's impression of her.
Check out the films that she has participates in by attending the movies and/or purchasing the
films that features her (i.e. Picture Bride, Joy Luck Club Hundred Percent, Karate Kid: II,
Come See the Paradise, etc.) To do so, just check out the respective film's description within
this website and click on the picture's logo to purchase the vhs/dvd online.
If you want to discover some secrets about Tamlyn, enter her "
FORBIDDEN TERRITORY".
Theatrical Films:
Soundman
(1998)Tamlyn has a small and possibly uncredited cameo in this independent film about a sound recordist who loses touch with reality.
Living Out Loud
(1998)Tamlyn has a brief appearance in this Holly Hunter movie as "the other woman" whom Hunter's husband leavesher for.
hundred percent
(1997)as Thaise - This film has received numerous glowing reviews but has yet, to my knowledge, to see any release beyond film festivals.
Touch
(1997) - Tamlyn makes a brief appearance in this Paul Schrader-directed movie from an Elmore Leonard novel as an attorney who goes up against star Tom Arnold.
The Killing Jar
(1996)as Diane Sanford - A man accused of a shocking murder must search through his nightmares and repressed memories to reveal the truth and clear his name. Meanwhile, more cadavers are popping up.
Four Rooms "The Misbehavers"
(1995)as the mother - Parents leave their two children in a hotel room in the unsatisfactory care of a the hotel's bellboy. Chaos ensues.
Picture Bride
(1994) as Kana - A young woman travels from Japan to Hawaii for an arranged marriage with a man she has never met. She finds that her new husband and her new life are not what she expected. Directed by Kayo Hatta.
The Joy Luck Club
(1993)as Waverly - An excellent ensemble film based on the Amy Tan novel about the lives of several Chinese women and their daughters. Directed by Wayne Wang.
Come See the Paradise
(1990)as Lily Kawamura - A world War II-era story of a union activist and his Japanese-American wife who, along with her family, is relocated to an internment camp during the war. Directed by Alan Parker.
Vietnam Texas
(1990)as Lani - Vietnam vet-turned-priest, father Thomas, thought he had left his past behind him. But when an old war buddy tells him of the sighting of the priest's Vietnamese daughter in Houston's Little Saigon and that she is in the custody of the powerful gangster wong, he plunges into battle again.
Orange Curtain
(Character unknown)
Hawaiian Dream
(Character unknown)
The Karate Kid Part II
(1986)as Kumiko - A karate student accompanies his teacher to his ancestral home in Okinawa where he learns about culture, conflict and love. Directed by John G. Avildsen
Short Films:
Notes On a Scale
(1994)A 10 minute short film directed by Ken Kashima.
Television:
The Sentinal "Smart Alec"
(1997) - as Suzanne Tomaki
PBS Storytime
(1996) - Tamlyn read THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES and DUCKAT in show #123 of this children's storytelling program
Burning Zone
(1996) - series regular as Dr. Kimberly Shiroma
Chicago Hope
(1996) - recurring role as the ex-wife of a series regular
Sisters
(1995) - as Kiri
Vanishing Son
: "Single Flame" (1995) - as Lanchi
Highlander "The Samurai"
(1994) - as Midori Koto
One West Waikiki
(1994) - Premiere episode as Taylor
Vanishing Son II
(1994) - as Lanchi
Vanishing Son IV
(1994) - as Lanchi
Babylon 5 "The Gathering"
(1993) - as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima in the Pilot episode
Raven "Return of the Black Dragons"
(1992) - as Kim Tanaka
Quantum Leap "Temptation Eyes"
(1992) - as San Francisco psychic Tamlyn Matsuda
Time Trax
Livin' Single
- as ad agency executive, Mary
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
(1990 TV Movie) - as Sally Togawa
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
(1990)
To Heal the Nation
(1988 TV Movie) - as Vietnam Memorial architect Maya Lin
