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Yôko Narahashi

Yôko Narahashi

Actor, Casting Department, Casting Director

Born June 17, 1947 in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

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Yoko Narahashi is a producer, award-winning director, casting director and lyricist based in Los Angeles and Tokyo. The daughter of a Japanese diplomat to International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations, Yoko grew up in Montreal and Ottawa receiving her formal education in Canada. Graduating from International Christian University in Tokyo, she then trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner in New York. Among the plays and musicals she has directed are "Hair," "The Magic Monkey" and the award winning "The Winds of God" which performed at the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Actors Studio and the United Nations, in New York, as well as in Los Angeles, Australia and New Zealand. The Winds of God also marked Narahashi's feature film directorial debut in 1995 and won her the Japan Film Critics Award for Best New Director. Narahashi has been a casting director for Hollywood feature film productions since she worked with Director and Producer Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun in 1987. Her Hollywood casting credits include Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken", Carl Rinsch's "47 Ronin", James Mangold's "The Wolverine", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel", Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha", and Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai". She was also Associate Producer for The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe, and more recently, was Producer for the 2013 World War II film Emperor, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox. Lyricist for Godiego, a popular rock group, among others.

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Filmography

Actor

11

Type

Year

Yoroï Feature Film2025Kyoto Takeda

Touch Feature Film2024Miko

J-FLICKS TV Series2014Self

Emperor Feature Film2012Head Teacher

Hôga wo irodotta joyû tachi TV Series2011Self

Bokura no jidai Poster

Bokura no jidai TV Series2007Self

Memoirs of a Geisha Poster

Memoirs of a Geisha Feature Film2005Mameha's Maid

Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey Documentary2004Self

Memory & Desire Poster

Memory & Desire Feature Film1998Mrs. Nakajima

Cipher Short Film1989Interviewer 2

Tetsuko no heya Poster

Tetsuko no heya TV Series1976Self

Casting Department

20

Type

Year

Her Private Hell Poster

Her Private Hell Feature Film2026

The Beautiful Game Poster

The Beautiful Game Feature Film2024

Drops of God Poster

Drops of God TV Series2023

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Poster

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters TV Series2023

Tetris Feature Film2023

Kate Feature Film2021

People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan Poster

People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan Feature Film2021

Snake Eyes Poster

Snake Eyes Feature Film2021

The Voice of Sin Poster

The Voice of Sin Feature Film2020

The Terror Poster

The Terror TV Series2018

Unbroken Poster

Unbroken Feature Film2014

47 Ronin Poster

47 Ronin Feature Film2013

Cut Short Film2013

Ninja Assassin Poster

Ninja Assassin Feature Film2009

Jumper Feature Film2008

Babel Feature Film2006

The Last Samurai Poster

The Last Samurai Feature Film2003

Snow Falling on Cedars Poster

Snow Falling on Cedars Feature Film1999

Honolulu CRU TV Series1998

Empire of the Sun Poster

Empire of the Sun Feature Film1987

Casting Director

16

Type

Year

Her Private Hell Poster

Her Private Hell Feature Film2026

Yoroï Feature Film2025

Sunny TV Series2024

Touch Feature Film2024

Minamata Poster

Minamata Feature Film2020

Earthquake Bird Poster

Earthquake Bird Feature Film2019

Giri/Haji Poster

Giri/Haji TV Series2019

The Wolverine Poster

The Wolverine Feature Film2013

Emperor Feature Film2012

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Poster

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Feature Film2009

The Ramen Girl Poster

The Ramen Girl Feature Film2008

American Pastime Poster

American Pastime Feature Film2007

Heroes and Villains Poster

Heroes and Villains TV Series2007

Proof of the Man Poster

Proof of the Man Mini-Series2004

The Goddess of 1967 Poster

The Goddess of 1967 Feature Film2000

Memory & Desire Poster

Memory & Desire Feature Film1998

Thanks

2

Type

Year

House of the Owl Poster

House of the Owl TV Series2024

The Goddess of 1967 Poster

The Goddess of 1967 Feature Film2000

Producer

4

Type

Year

Emperor Feature Film2012

Haikyo Short Film2012

The Ramen Girl Poster

The Ramen Girl Feature Film2008

The Last Samurai Poster

The Last Samurai Feature Film2003

Director

2

Te wo tsunaide kaerôyo Poster

Te wo tsunaide kaerôyo Feature Film2016

Winds of God Poster

Winds of God Feature Film1995

Writer

1

Cipher Short Film1989

Other Crew

1

Memoirs of a Geisha Poster

Memoirs of a Geisha Feature Film2005

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