In his initial American films, Mad Love and Crime and Punishment (both 1935), he continued to play murderers, but he was then cast playing Mr. Moto, the Japanese detective, in a B-picture series.
I hans tidiga amerikanska filmer, Mad Love (1935) och Raskolnikov (1935), fortsatte han att spela mördare, men sedan fick han rollen som Mr. Moto, den japanska detektiven, i en serie B-filmer.