Yoko Narahashi

Yoko Narahashi
奈良橋 陽子
Born (1947-06-17) June 17, 1947
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Alma materInternational Christian University
Occupations
  • Casting director
  • film producer
  • lyricist

Yoko Narahashi (奈良橋 陽子, Narahashi Yõko; born June 17, 1947) is a Japanese casting director, film producer and lyricist.[1] She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha.[2][3] 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".[4]

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.[5] 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 .[6]

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.[5] The second was a production and management company, United Performers' Studio (UPS), based on the Actors Studio in New York City.[1][7] In 1998, she served as the founding director of UPS Academy, a method acting school geared towards foreign actors.[6]

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.[4]

Selected filmography

YearFilmCredits
1976The Youth KillerLyrics
1978The Glacier FoxLyrics
1989CipherDialogue Director, Dialogue Translator, Interviewer (voice)
1995The Winds of GodDirector (Won "Best New Director" at the Japan Film Critics Awards)
2003The Last SamuraiAssociate Producer, Casting Associate
2005Memoirs of a GeishaActress (Mameha's Maid), Japan Liaison
2006BabelCasting Director
2008The Ramen GirlCasting Director
2012EmperorProducer
201347 RoninCasting Associate
2013The WolverineCasting Director
2024TouchActress (Miko)[8]

References

  1. 1 2 YOKO NARAHASHI Chopsticks New York
  2. ↑ "Metropolis – News & Features | Yoko Narahashi". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  3. ↑ Gallery: Producers Eugene Nomoura, Yoko Narahashi and Gary Foster — New Zealand: Inspiring Filmmakers Archived May 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 From Hollywood to Hirohito | The Japan Times
  5. 1 2 United Performers' Studio Archived June 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 ÆàÎɶ¶ÍÛ»Ò ¸ø¼°¥Ö¥í¥° ¥×¥í¥Õ¥£¡¼¥ë – GREE
  7. ↑ United Performers' Studio Archived August 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "TOUCH". Universal Pictures. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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