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Miiko Taka is a Japanese American actress best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando in the 1957 film Sayonara. She was born in 1925 in Seattle but raised in Los Angeles. In 1942, she and her family were interned in an Arizona relocation camp during World War II. After the film's first choice turned it down, Taka was discovered and cast in Sayonara despite having no acting experience. She received positive reviews and was given a studio contract due to her performance. Taka later worked with several other prominent Hollywood actors and served as an interpreter for Toshirō Mifune and Akira Kurosawa.

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Miiko Taka

Miiko Taka is a Japanese American actress best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando in the 1957 film Sayonara. She was born in 1925 in Seattle but raised in Los Angeles. In 1942, she and her family were interned in an Arizona relocation camp during World War II. After the film's first choice turned it down, Taka was discovered and cast in Sayonara despite having no acting experience. She received positive reviews and was given a studio contract due to her performance. Taka later worked with several other prominent Hollywood actors and served as an interpreter for Toshirō Mifune and Akira Kurosawa.

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Miiko Taka

5 Motion pictures

Miiko Taka ( Taka Miiko) (born Miiko


Shikata* [1] 24 July 1925), is a Japanese American actress best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando as
Hana-ogi in the 1957 movie Sayonara.

Early years

Taka was born in 1925 in Seattle, but raised in Los Angeles, California* [2] as a Nisei;* [3] her parents had immigrated from Japan. In 1942, she was interned with her
family at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona.* [4]

'Sayonara'

After director Joshua Logan's rst choice for the role of


Hana-ogi, Audrey Hepburn, turned him down, he looked
to cast an unknown actress.* [3] Taka, who at the time
was working as a clerk at a travel agency in Los Angeles, was discovered by a talent scout at a local Nisei
festival.* [2] Although she had no previous acting experience,* [3] Variety gave her a positive review in their review of the lm.* [5] Warner Bros. gave her a term contract as a result of her performance in Sayonara.* [6]

Post-'Sayonara' career
Miiko Taka in 1958

After Sayonara, she worked in lms with James Garner,


Bob Hope, Cary Grant, and Toshir Mifune (whom she
also worked alongside of in the 1980 television miniseries, Shgun). She also served as an interpreter for
Mifune as well as Akira Kurosawa when they visited
Hollywood * [7]* [8]

[12] * [13] * [14]

6 See also
History of the Japanese in Los Angeles

Personal life

7 References
*

Taka married Dale Ishimoto in Baltimore in 1944, [9]


and they had one son, Greg Shikata, who works in the lm
industry, and one daughter. They divorced in 1958.* [10]

[1] Makino, Jimmy.A Japanese-American Nisei in the 20th


Century. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

She married Los Angeles TV news director Lennie


Blondheim in 1963.* [11]

[2] Scott, John L. (May 5, 1957). Fortune Bolt puts Miiko


in Top Film Spot. Los Angeles Times. p. E3.

[3] Capote, Truman (November 9, 1957). The Duke in His


Domain. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
[4] National Archives: Miiko Shikata. Retrieved 201206-20.
[5] Sayonara. Variety. January 1, 1957. Retrieved 200708-09.
[6] Scheuer, Philip K. (November 17, 1958).Faulkner Story
Lifted O Shelf, Cycle Looms; Miiko Taka to Stay On.
Los Angeles Times. p. B7.
[7] Beyette, Beverly (August 12, 1983). Toshiro Mifune
Takes Up the Samurai Role Again. Los Angeles Times.
p. G1.
[8] Thomas, Kevin (November 28, 2002). WORLD CINEMA; An edgy, epic collaboration; Director Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune made 16 lms together; 13 will
be screening at the Nuart. Los Angeles Times. p. E16.
[9]Actress Miiko Taka of Movies Wins Divorce. Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1958. p. B1.
[10]Miiko Taka Gets Divorce. New York Times. November 17, 1958.
[11] Paddleford, Clementine (November 17, 1963). Barbecue at the Table. Los Angeles Times.
[12] Miiko Taka Filmography. fandango.com. Retrieved
2007-08-10.
[13] Miiko Taka. imdb.com. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
[14] Biography for Miiko Taka. Turner Classic Movies.
Retrieved 2009-02-20.

External links
Miiko Taka at the Internet Movie Database
Video of Miiko Taka as a presenter at an awards
show on YouTube
Trailer of Sayonara introduced by Miika Taka

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