---
name: "June Kyoto Lu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/june-kyoto-lu"
fi1m_id: "june-kyoto-lu"
imdb_id: "nm0453550"
tmdb_id: 156015
wikidata_id: "Q135322594"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 March 1932"
died: "23 May 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:56:51.246566+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# June Kyoto Lu

## Identity

June Kyoto Lu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/june-kyoto-lu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** june-kyoto-lu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453550
- **TMDB ID:** 156015
- **Wikidata ID:** Q135322594
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135322594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156015

Actor. Born 10 March 1932 in Korea. Died 23 May 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1932, Korea
- **Died:** 23 May 2025
- **Active:** 1986–1993
- **Also known as:** June Kyoko Lu, June Kim
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135322594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156015

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Menace II Society*](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

June Kyoto Lu, also credited as June Kyoko Lu or June Kim, was a Korean-born actress. She was one of the original founding members of East West Players, the Asian American theatre company formed in Los Angeles in 1965.

Her film roles included White Tiger in *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), the Grocery Store Woman in *Menace II Society* (1993), Mrs. Kang in *Blood Work* (2002) and Mrs. Choi in *Lady in the Water* (2006). On television she appeared in series such as *Lost* (as Mrs. Paik), *Grey's Anatomy*, *Fringe*, *Gilmore Girls* and *Vice Principals*.

Lu was married to fellow East West Players co-founder Yet Lock until his death in 2019. She died on 23 May 2025.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Menace II Society* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Grocery Store Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, as White Tiger — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Joo Hee
- *We Are Family* (2017), as Pauline Lin
- *Vice Principals* (2016), series, as Mi-Cha
- *Wedding Palace* (2013), as Grandma
- *The New Normal* (2012), series, as Korean Woman
- *100 Questions* (2010), series, as Grandma
- *Fringe* (2008), series, as Anne Chung — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Fetish* (2008), as Mrs. Kim
- *Lady in the Water* (2006), as Mrs. Choi
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Sooyoung Oh — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Mrs. Paik — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Blood Work* (2002), as Mrs. Kang
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Rhee-Soo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, as Sister Kim
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Mrs. Katsui
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Bette Srisal — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Carwash Cashier — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Mrs. Lee
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Lane's Grandmother — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Villager (voice)
- *The Cherokee Kid* (1996), as Ma Lee
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Grandmother
- *Cybill* (1995), series, as Mrs. Matsuzaki
- *ER* (1994), series, as Zuin-an — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Menace II Society* (1993), as Grocery Store Woman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md)
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Mrs. Kim
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Ruby — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Tenko
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), as White Tiger — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *Special Bulletin* (1983), Actor
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Korean Woman (as June Kim) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Waitress
- *Confessions of an Opium Eater* (1962), as Lotus

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