In "The Boys," Karen Fukuhara's role as the regenerative, super-strong Kimiko initially drew some criticism for how it seemed to relegate another Japanese actress to a non-speaking part, rendering her non-verbal in the manner of Rinko Kikuchi's character in both "Babel" and "The Brothers Bloom." This was not helped by scenes like the one where a white guy (Simon Pegg's Hugh Sr.) turns to another white guy (Jack Quaid's Hugh Jr.) and says, "Does the Oriental girl not talk?" (leading Jr. to correct Sr. and say "Dad ... Asian.")
Kimiko first appears in "The Boys," season 1, episode 4, "The Female of the Species," where she prefers to communicate with her hands: gouging...
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Kimiko first appears in "The Boys," season 1, episode 4, "The Female of the Species," where she prefers to communicate with her hands: gouging...
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