Biography
Yoko Narahashi (奈良橋陽子, Yoko Narahashi, born June 17, 1947) is a Japanese casting director and film producer. She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha. 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". 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. 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 .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. 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 for Gandhara, The Galaxy Express 999, and Holy and Bright. They have since been divorced.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 15
Director 3
Producer 3
TV Shows 1
Touch (2024)
Minamata (2020)
Earthquake Bird (2019)
Giri/Haji (2019)
Hold My Hand (2016)
The Wolverine (2013)
Emperor (2012)
The Ramen Girl (2008)
American Pastime (2007)
Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company (2006)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
Memory & Desire (1998)
Winds of God (1995)
Cipher (1989)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1947-06-17 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceIchikawa, Japan
ChildrenLyena Yonekura, Yūjin Nomura
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsYôko Narahashi , Yoko Narahashi , Narahashi Yōko
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