casting director
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The Last Samurai
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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The Japan Times
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'', the only independent English-language newspaper in Japan, referred to her as an "all-round interpreter of Japan for U.S. movies".From Hollywood to Hirohito , The Japan Times /ref>
Biography
Born in
Ichikawa, Chiba
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is a city in western Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 491,716 in 251,142 households and a population density of 8559 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city has a conc ...
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada in 1952 at the age of five when her father got a job at the
International Civil Aviation Organization
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International Christian University
is a non-denominational private university located in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, commonly known as ICU. With the efforts of Prince Takamatsu, General Douglas MacArthur, and BOJ President Hisato Ichimada, ICU was established in 1949 as the first l ...
in
Mitaka, Tokyo
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is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km². The total area of the city was .
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. In 1967, she returned to
New York City
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where she studied at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
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Eikaiwa
or are English conversation schools, usually privately operated, in Japan. It is a combination of the word and or .
Although the Japanese public education system mandates that English be taught as part of the curriculum from the fifth grade, ...
), Model Language Studio (MLS), which taught English through theater. The school now has branches in 34 countries. The second was a production and management company, United Performers' Studio (UPS), based on the Actors Studio in
New York City
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method acting
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school geared towards foreign actors.
Narahashi was once married to Johnny Nomura, the producer behind the popular Japanese band
Godiego
are a Japanese rock band, consisting of keyboardist and composer Mickie Yoshino, vocalist Yukihide Takekawa, guitarist Takami Asano and Yoji Yoshizawa, bassist Steve Fox, and drummer Tommy Snyder. Over their 40-year career (with hiatuses), Go ...