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3. Any Asian will do
Granted, there weren’t a lot of Korean actors floating around Hollywood at the time, so the producers hired a range of Asian ethnicities to play those parts. For example, Soon-Li, Klinger’s girlfriend/wife, was played by second-generation Chinese-American actress Rosalind Chao. Mako Iwamatsu, a Japanese born actor, played a range of roles including a Chinese Army surgeon, a North Korean soldier and a South Korean Army officer. Japanese-American Pat Morita (of Happy Days and Karate Kid fame) had a role as South Korean Army Captain Sam Pak. The only real Korean actor on the show was Soon Tek Oh, who played various North and South Korean roles.
![Pat Morita on Mash](https://www.famefocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pat-morita-on-mash-1024x576.jpg)
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