Marlon Brando plays Sakini, a countryfied Confuciuasian Japanese man in the 1956 movie, The Teahouse of the August Moon. The movie is a comedy that puts satire on America's drive for change after World War II. 

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To achieve the effect of looking "Asian," Brando uses tape on his eyes to create monolids and acted in certain manners for a "slanty eyed appearance." Marlon Brando is an iconic actor and his participation in looking "Asian," and acting as one, has contributed to the normalization of yellowfacing back in old films.