Background
Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the daughter of Issei (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro and Kinko Tsubouchi.
Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the daughter of Issei (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro and Kinko Tsubouchi.
Fischer appeared in the stage production of The World of Suzie Wong in New York in 1958. She has also appeared in many productions with East West Players in Los Angeles, including Into The Woods. She toured the United States. and Europe in The Peony Pavilion in 1997.
Fischer has appeared in many big-budget films, including Moneyball, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World"s End (2007) as Mistress Ching, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) as Mistress
Chu, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005). Fischer has had numerous guest-starring roles on network television including Forex"s lieutenant"s Always Sunny In Philadelphia as a North Korean bar owner named Mr.
Kim. She is sometimes credited as "Takayo Doran".
Voice work
Fischer has also done voices in several cartoon programs. She has also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World"s End.
She has also worked on many independent Asian American films including Americanese (2009), Only the Brave (2005), Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) and Strawberry Fields (1997).