416:"So often", he said, "I have seen such gracious ladies disrupt political combinations." He sighed and still stared at the ceiling seemingly lost in memory. "Such a lovely girl in Washington – I was so much younger then. She sold me the navy plans of a submarine. The price was thirty thousand yen. When the blueprints came, they were of a tugboat. Such a lovely lady. Such a lovely lady in Tokyo. She took me to see the goldfish in her garden, and there were the assassins behind the little trees. Not her fault, but theirs that I am still alive – they were such poor shots. I do not understand lovely ladies, but I still trust them sometimes."
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that followed Japan's invasion of China in 1937. Up to 1939 it may have seemed possible, especially to those
Americans unaware of or indifferent to the atrocities of the Japanese military in China, that Japan would be moderate and reasonable in its expansion in the Far East and that the Mr. Motos would defeat the Japanese military fanatics. Pearl Harbor ended American neutrality and American hopes for Japanese moderation, but not before Marquand's Moto series had become one of the most popular fictions ever to be run in an American magazine.
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Mr. Moto was a small man, delicate, almost fragile. … He was dressed formally in a morning coat and striped trousers. His black hair was carefully brushed in the
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Yes, I can do many, many things. I can mix drinks and wait on table, and I am a very good valet. I can navigate and manage small boats. I have studied at two foreign universities. I also know carpentry and surveying and five
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situations he appears to be a harmless eccentric who sometimes calls himself stupid. The main characters in the novels are
Westerners who encounter Mr. Moto in the course of their adventures in exotic lands and gradually come to realize what a formidable character he is.
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Imperial Japan, Mr. Moto is an agent of the empire. In the final novel, set in the 1950s inside Japan, he is a senior intelligence official in the pro-Western Japanese government.
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American) and a mysterious woman. While Mr. Moto often despairs of the hero's attempts at saving the girl, he notes in
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In early 1938, there was some press talk that Moto would be turned into a Korean due to controversy over Japanese foreign policy, but this did not happen. By April there was talk the series would soon wind up.
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in 1936. An expatriate American gets involved in intrigue in Peking when he tries to save an American woman from unscrupulous art dealers. Moto tries to save them both from a military takeover of Peking.
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Schallert, Edwin (Apr 5, 1938). "Warren William to Star for Universal: Payne Replaces Powell More Cinema Series Four Pictures to Start Film World Pageant".
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1984:The Complete Mr. Moto Film Phile: A Casebook
1757:JIMMY FIDLER (Jan 8, 1938). "In Hollywood".
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1739:The Mr. Moto Novels of James P. Marquand
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1366:The Crooked Log – aired Oct. 7, 1951
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2003:The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre
1315:The Dead Land – aired June 10, 1951
2029:John P. Marquand, An American Life
1336:The Yellow Robe or the Lama's Amah
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1309:Smoke Screen – aired May 27, 1951
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2005:. University Press of Kentucky.
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1544:The slangy and whimsical song "
1324:Project 77 – aired July 1, 1951
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16:Fictional Japanese secret agent
1832:Oda clan#Oda retainer families
1721:"Notes on Books and Authors".
1312:Blackmail – aired June 3, 1951
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989:by a drunken racist played by
627:Mr. Moto: Four Complete Novels
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2001:Youngkin, Stephen D. (2005).
1922:Audio at the Internet Archive
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1327:Sabotage – aired July 8, 1951
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2033:. Little Brown and Company.
1821:Image of Sakuma family crest
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1694:Marquand: An American Life
1345:The Beauty and the Avenger
1301:Radio program episode list
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2261:Mr. Moto in Danger Island
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1890:. Movies & TV Dept.
1888:"The Return of Mr. Moto"
1865:. Movies & TV Dept.
1843:"Think Fast, Mr. Moto".
1360:The Kants of Kailuaneohe
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469:in 1935 under the title
2253:Mr. Moto's Last Warning
2237:Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1982:Berlin, Howard (2005).
1963:Wires, Richard (1990).
1585:was based on Mr. Moto.
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1141:Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
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643:Right You Are, Mr. Moto
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304:Character in the novels
216:In-universe information
2285:The Return of Mr. Moto
2053:. Palgrave Macmillan.
1863:"Think Fast, Mr. Moto"
1668:Welcome Back, Mr. Moto
1339:The Voronzoff Necklace
1257:The Return of Mr. Moto
1092:novel of the same name
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1845:Monthly Film Bulletin
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717:Able to walk silently
662:as Mr. Kentaro Moto.
595:Mr. Moto's Three Aces
589:Anthologies/"omnibus"
565:Saturday Evening Post
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466:Saturday Evening Post
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2178:Mr. Moto Is So Sorry
2170:Think Fast, Mr. Moto
2049:Mason, Fran (2012).
1794:Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1377:Parodies and satires
1037:Think Fast, Mr. Moto
895:The family crest or
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720:Known to use doubles
708:International police
639:Mr. Moto Is So Sorry
635:Think Fast, Mr. Moto
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578:The Last of Mr. Moto
560:The Last of Mr. Moto
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517:Mr. Moto Is So Sorry
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317:Physical description
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2221:Thank You, Mr. Moto
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2076:The Mr. Moto Novels
1809:Thank You, Mr. Moto
1759:The Washington Post
1583:The Dick Tracy Show
1506:Texaco Star Theater
1482:Texaco Star Theater
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1357:The Blue Cigarettes
1354:The Unhappy Firebug
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788:Thank You, Mr. Moto
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570:Rendezvous in Tokyo
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132:Fictional character
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1986:. Wildside Press.
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1893:The New York Times
1868:The New York Times
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1654:Digitaldeliftp.com
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1417:Royal Gelatin Hour
1348:The Shen Tsung Fan
1227:John W. Vandercook
1222:Murder in Trinidad
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1351:The Three Numbers
1333:The Wheel of Life
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1292:James Monks
1263:Henry Silva
1214:Puerto Rico
1043:Peter Lorre
1005:Filmography
991:Larry Drake
956:Henry Silva
933:Other films
919:Sakuma clan
660:Peter Lorre
290:Henry Silva
286:James Monks
282:Peter Lorre
273:'s creator
247:Nationality
208:Henry Silva
204:Peter Lorre
154:Jayne Regan
150:Peter Lorre
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1680:2008-08-27
1641:References
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1492:Fred Allen
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768:Occupation
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190:Created by
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1021:Released
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692:Age 35–40
678:Abilities
658:starring
241:detective
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2086:Mr. Moto
2019:Mr. Moto
1742:Archived
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1589:See also
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999:chopping
970:Interpol
929:family.
813:Shanghai
774:Interpol
759:shamisen
740:Mandarin
734:Juggling
505:Honolulu
421:Politics
257:Mr. Moto
250:Japanese
138:Mr. Moto
110:May 2020
2130:Creator
978:Beatnik
927:samurai
917:of the
471:No Hero
457:No Hero
427:Emperor
353:samurai
94:scholar
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359:Speech
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958:. In
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