Kaori Momoi Biography

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Kaori Momoi (æ¡?äº? ã??ã??ã?? Momoi Kaori; born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.

Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films.

As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada (The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979), Shohei Imamura (Why Not?, 1981), Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, 1996),Jun Ichikawa (Tokyo Yakyoku, 1997), Mitani Koki (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (Like Asura, 2003) and, most recently , Takashi Miike in the film IZO to be released in 2005.

She has also performed in The Sun (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director Rob Marshall's upcoming film Memoirs of a Geisha.

For her film performances in Japan, Momoi has won many awards. She has won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and Best Supporting Actress once and was selected Best Actress at the 1983 New York International Film Festival for her role in Giwaku (Suspicion).

Popular among Japanese of all ages and a recognized trend setter, Momoi is never idle, pursuing various projects in producing, directing, screenwriting, and design in addition to her acting. She has also released some 15 record albums as a singer and is a much sought after essayist.

External links

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• Momoi Kaori's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)
  

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• 1. Mother: I'm entitled to do as I choose.
  2. Hatsumomo: But you promised the okiya to Pumpkin!
  3. Mother: Look at her, still a virgin maiko. [Pumpkin gets up and runs off]
  4. Hatsumomo: Pumpkin! [Hatsumomo tries unsuccessfully to pull her back]
  5. Sayuri: Can't you adopt us both?
  6. Mother: Quiet Sayuri. Now I'm no fool. Pumpkin would only be Hatsumomo's puppet. How long will it take before you kick us out on the street.
  7. Hatsumomo: I have given you my life.
  8. Mother: Yes your impudence, your foul temper.
  9. Hatsumomo: Who paid for the silk on your back. The rice in your bowl. The tobacco in that pipe of your!? WHO?!
  10. Mother: Don't exaggerate! You have not even had a danna.
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)

• 1. Mother: An odd picture isn't it? Hatsumomo sweeping into tea house after tea house with out little pumpkin and the Mameha with our maid.
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)

• 1. Mother: Besides I can always sell Chiyo to Mrs. Tatsuyo.
  2. Mameha: With your eye for beauty and nose for talent, surely you can see what a terrible waste that would be.
  3. Mother: If you are not the kind-hearted geisha i know you to be, I might think you were scheming against Hatsumomo.
  4. Mameha: Then I'm grateful, Mrs. Nitta, that you do not have a suspicious mind.
  5. Mother: Perhaps you can peak my interest with...
  6. Mameha: Yes?
  7. Mother: Your offer?
  8. Mameha: I will cover Chiyo's schooling, all her expenses, until after her debut.
  9. Mother: Now I am confident you are teasing.
  10. Mameha: I cannot be more sincere. If Chiyo hasn't paid off her debt within 6 months after her debut...
  11. Mother: No, impossible, too little time!
  12. Mameha: Then I will pay you twice over.
  13. Mother: What? No geisha could ever...
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)

• 1. Mother: Dr. Muri is very expensive. You seem to be racking up quite a debt. Huh? Kimono destroyed, geisha school, rice and pickle, train ticket, Mr. Bekku. All this on top of the money I paid to Mr. Tanaka. And for what? And now I hear that your sister has run away. She didn't wait for you. And now she can never come back. You must forget that you ever had a sister. Hmm? [grabs a small package and gives it to Chiyo] We are you only family now.
  2. Auntie: [Chiyo opens it and pauses. Auntie grabs it and reads] 'Dear Satsu and little Chiyo, As one who was once an orphan child myself,' this humble person is sorry to inform you that "six weeks after you left for you new life in Miyako, the suffering of you honor mother came to an end. And only a few weeks afterwards, your honor father departed this world as well. 'This humble person is 'confident, both your honor parents have found their place in paradise...[reading drifts out]
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)

• 1. Hatsumomo: Hmm, what is it? 20 yen? 30?
  2. Mother: This can't be the right amount.
  3. Mameha: I trust you agree. I have won the wager. Sayuri's made history. No mizuagi has ever been sold for more, not even mine. 15,000 yen.
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)

• 1. Hatsumomo: Who is responsible for this?! [slams the poster on the table]
  2. Mother: Ask Mameha.
  3. Hatsumomo: I'm asking you okasan.
  4. Pumpkin: How come Sayuri gets to be the lead?
  5. Mother: It's your own fault. You should practice more.
  From Memoirs of a Geisha. Submitted by Nhia T (4 months ago)