Akiko Monou
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Akiko Monō is a Japanese actress and model
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Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike
, before Hiroyuki Nakano
caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction
, her film debut. She has since worked with Nakano in his Stereo Future and the short film Slow is Beautiful.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
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Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
, before Hiroyuki Nakano
Hiroyuki Nakano
is a Japanese film director.-Filmography:# Tajomaru # Return # Slow Is Beautiful # Stereo Future # Red Shadow # Pop Group Killers # Samurai Fiction...
caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction
Samurai Fiction
is a 1998 comedy-samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. It is almost entirely black-and-white, and follows a fairly standard plotline for a comedy and jidaigeki samurai film, but the presence of Tomoyasu Hotei's rock-and-roll soundtrack separates it from the films it was inspired by, such as the...
, her film debut. She has since worked with Nakano in his Stereo Future and the short film Slow is Beautiful.
Filmography
- Tetsuo: The Bullet ManTetsuo: The Bullet ManTetsuo: The Bullet Man is the third film in Shinya Tsukamoto's cyberpunk film series, and the first to be filmed in English.-Plot:Anthony is a man with an American father and a deceased Japanese mother living and working in Tokyo. One day his son is run over and killed by Yatsu, this film's version...
(2010) - Lost in TranslationLost in Translation (film)Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...
(2003) - Slow Is Beautiful (2003)
- Kakuto (2003)
- ReturnReturn-In business, economics, and finance:* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment* Tax return , various meanings relating to taxation...
(2001) - Family Portrait (2001)
- Stereo Future (2001)
- SF: Samurai FictionSamurai Fictionis a 1998 comedy-samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. It is almost entirely black-and-white, and follows a fairly standard plotline for a comedy and jidaigeki samurai film, but the presence of Tomoyasu Hotei's rock-and-roll soundtrack separates it from the films it was inspired by, such as the...
(1998)