is a Japanese casting director, film producer and lyricist.YOKO NARAHASHI Chopsticks New York She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha.Gallery: Producers Eugene Nomoura, Yoko Narahashi and Gary Foster — New Zealand: Inspiring Filmmakers The Japan Times, 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
Biography Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, Narahashi moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1952 at the age of five when her father got a job at the International Civil Aviation Organization.United Performers' Studio She returned to Japan a decade later to attend International Christian University in Mitaka, Tokyo. In 1967, she returned to New York City where she studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre .ÆàÎɶ¶ÍÛ»Ò ¸ø¼°¥Ö¥í¥° ¥×¥í¥Õ¥£¡¼¥ë – GREE
Returning again to Japan, Narahashi founded two companies. The first was an English conversation school (Eikaiwa), 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.United Performers' Studio In 1998, she served as the founding director of UPS Academy, a method acting school geared towards foreign actors.
Narahashi was once married to Johnny Nomura, the producer behind the popular Japanese band Godiego. She wrote the lyrics to the songs Gandhara, The Galaxy Express 999 and Holy and Bright, as well as the lyrics for The Glacier Fox soundtrack. Nomura and Narahashi have since been divorced.
Selected filmography Year Film Credits 1976 The Youth Killer Lyrics 1978 The Glacier Fox Lyrics 1989 Cipher Dialogue Director, Dialogue Translator, Interviewer (voice) 1995 The Winds of God Director (Won "Best New Director" at the Japan Film Critics Awards) 2003 The Last Samurai Associate Producer, Casting Associate 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Actress (Mameha's Maid), Japan Liaison 2006 Babel Casting Director 2008 The Ramen Girl Casting Director 2012 Emperor Producer 2013 47 Ronin Casting Associate 2013 The Wolverine Casting Director 2024 Touch Actress (Miko)
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