Tsutomo Nakano also known as Lane Nakano, was an American

United States

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 soldier turned actor.

World War II

During World War II, Nakano was interned

Japanese American internment

Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on...

 at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. While there, he volunteered for service in the U.S. Army. He was assigned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Actor

His opportunity to work as an actor began when he was discovered by Hollywood director and writer Robert Pirosh

Robert Pirosh

Robert Pirosh was an American screenwriter and director.-Early years:Pirosh was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school in 1928...

, who cast Nakano as second billing after Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Van Johnson was an American film and television actor and dancer who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II....

 in the 1951 film, Go for Broke

Go for Broke! (1951 film)

Go for Broke! is a 1951 war film directed by Robert Pirosh, produced by Dore Schary and starred Van Johnson, several veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Henry Nakamura....

.

External links

• Internet Movie Database
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