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Mari Yamamoto
Japanese actress (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mari Yamamoto (born February 4, 1986) is a Japanese actress and journalist.
Early life
Born in Japan, Yamamoto would move with her family to London in 1991, before eventually returning to live in Tokyo in 1994 at the age of 8. She described the experience as akin to being an outsider, where she'd be considered "very Japanese everywhere in the world" but "wasn’t quite Japanese enough" in Japan itself.[1][2]
Yamamoto studied international relations at International Christian University in Tokyo, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts.[2] She then moved to New York City to study method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[3] During this time she was also part of The Bats acting company at The Flea Theater.[4]
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Journalism career
Yamamoto returned to Tokyo, and began working in journalism, writing articles for The Daily Beast alongside American journalist Jake Adelstein.[5][3] Adelstein's book Tokyo Vice was being adapted into a television series for HBO Max, saw Yamamoto recruited to work on the show's writing staff. She became a producer on the series in its second season.[3]
Acting career
In 2022, Yamamoto starred in the recurring role of Hana in the Apple TV+ series Pachinko.[6] That same year she joined the cast of Apple's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.[7] In March 2024, she was cast to star opposite Brendan Fraser in the film Rental Family.[8]
Filmography
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Television
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