Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

Acting May 19, 1921 Jun 1, 2014 (aged 93) San Pedro, California, USA

Yuri Kochiyama (河内山 百合子 (ユリ・コウチヤマ), Kōchiyama Yuriko; born Mary Yuriko Nakahara; May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist born in San Pedro, California. She was interned at the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas during World War II, an experience that influenced her views on racism in the United States. While interned, she helped run a letter-writing campaign to Nisei (transl. 'second-generation') soldiers, wrote for the Jerome camp newspaper, and volunteered with the United Service Organizations (USO).

4 Acting Credits

Acting

Seven Songs for Malcolm X Movie

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

1993
Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation Movie

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

as Self

2010
Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice Movie

Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice

as Herself

1993
Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement Movie

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

as Self (archival)

2026