---
name: "Nobu McCarthy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nobu-mccarthy"
fi1m_id: "nobu-mccarthy"
imdb_id: "nm0565277"
tmdb_id: 29381
wikidata_id: "Q3546332"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 November 1934"
died: "6 April 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:36:38.926309+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."
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# Nobu McCarthy

## Identity

Nobu McCarthy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nobu-mccarthy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nobu-mccarthy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0565277
- **TMDB ID:** 29381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3546332
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobu_McCarthy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3546332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565277/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29381

Actor. Born 13 November 1934 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Died 6 April 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 November 1934, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 6 April 2002
- **Also known as:** Nobu Atsumi
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobu_McCarthy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3546332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565277/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29381

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Karate Kid Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Nobu McCarthy, also credited as Nobu Atsumi, was a Canadian actress. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, she was raised in Japan, where she studied ballet, worked as a fashion model and won the title of Miss Tokyo. She made her film debut in *The Geisha Boy* (1958).

McCarthy appeared in numerous film and television roles from the late 1950s onward, including *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986) as Yukie, *Pacific Heights* (1990) and the television film *Farewell to Manzanar* (1976). She joined the East West Players theatre company in 1971, served as its artistic director from 1989 to 1993 and received a lifetime achievement award from the company in 1996. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in *The Wash* (1988). McCarthy died in 2002 while filming in Brazil.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, as Yukie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am* (2005), as avó Shinobu
- *Last Chance* (1999), as Miss Bea
- *Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition* (1994), as Sari Hatano
- *Pacific Heights* (1990), as Mira Watanabe
- *Slaying the Dragon* (1988), Actor
- *The Wash* (1988), as Masi Matsumoto
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), as Yukie — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport* (1986), as Mrs. McAllister
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Masi Matsumoto
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Barbara Ikeda
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Nara Latham
- *Farewell to Manzanar* (1976), as Misa / Jeanne Wakatsuki
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Miss Dorothy Murakami
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Mrs. Ti
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Mrs. Swan
- *Anna and the King* (1972), series, as Fen-Ling
- *Lost Flight* (1970), as Zora Lewin
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Kyoko
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Winu Omella
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Kim
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Lotus
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Monica Hyodo
- *Two Loves* (1961), as Whareparita
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Helen Low
- *Wake Me When It's Over* (1960), as Ume Tanaka
- *Walk Like a Dragon* (1960), as Kim Sung
- *Five Gates to Hell* (1959), as Chioko
- *Laramie* (1959), series, as Haru
- *Tokyo After Dark* (1959), as B-girl in nightclub
- *The Geisha Boy* (1958), as Kimi Sikita
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Sally Choshi

## Gallery

- ![Press photo of Nobu McCarthy for the 1959–1960 television series Johnny Staccato](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-dff8a6ad7c36.jpg) Press photo of Nobu McCarthy for the 1959–1960 television series Johnny Staccato — Bureau of Industrial Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Johnny_Staccato_%281959%E2%80%931960%29_Press_Photo_of_Nobu_McCarthy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Press photo of Nobu McCarthy for the 1961 film Two Loves](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-b6de925e99ea.jpg) Press photo of Nobu McCarthy for the 1961 film Two Loves — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Two_Loves_%281961%29_Press_Photo_of_Nobu_McCarthy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nobu McCarthy](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-31d845a9e9db.jpg) Nobu McCarthy — unknown (TV Time), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Nobu_McCarthy_1959_still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nobu McCarthy and Jerry Lewis in The Geisha Boy - trailer (cropped Screenshot) (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-4aef8f617b85.jpg) Nobu McCarthy and Jerry Lewis in The Geisha Boy - trailer (cropped Screenshot) (1958) — film trailer screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Nobu_McCarthy-Jerry_Lewis_in_The_Geisha_Boy_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nobu McCarthy](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-6bb4fc1362aa.jpg) Nobu McCarthy — Image via TMDB
- ![Nobu McCarthy](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-bf73038dbed9.jpg) Nobu McCarthy — Image via TMDB
- ![Nobu McCarthy](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-ec1023db2a6c.jpg) Nobu McCarthy — Image via TMDB
- ![Nobu Atsumi (Nobu McCarthy) and Shoji Nakayama. Studio Still of the 1954 Japanese film "Nippon no Tora" (Shintoho).](https://film.one/media/person/5548297/gallery-dcef369e1d63.jpg) Nobu Atsumi (Nobu McCarthy) and Shoji Nakayama. Studio Still of the 1954 Japanese film "Nippon no Tora" (Shintoho). — 新東宝（Shintoho Company, Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nobu_McCarthy_and_Shoji_Nakayama_Studio_Still_from_Nippon_no_Tora_1954_IMG_20230506_0001b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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