Eric Bentley
American playwright
Chiaki Kuriyama is a talented Japanese actress, singer, and model known for her roles in the films Battle Royale and Kill Bill: Volume 1. She has had a diverse and successful career in the entertainment industry, showcasing her versatility and captivating performances.
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Chiaki Kuriyamais a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku’s 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known for her roles as Takako Chigusa in the 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Chiaki Kuriyama’s most famous roles are as Takako Chigusa in the 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Chiaki Kuriyama was born on October 10, 1984.
Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She has had a successful career in the entertainment industry, particularly known for her roles in films like Battle Royale and Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Chiaki Kuriyama became famous for her roles as Takako Chigusa in the 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. These performances helped her gain international recognition and establish her as a talented actress.
In addition to her roles in Battle Royale and Kill Bill: Volume 1, Chiaki Kuriyama has also worked as a singer and model, demonstrating her versatility in the entertainment industry.
I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that.
Japanese actress and singer
Up until doing this movie, I hadn’t really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.
Japanese actress and singer
I loved playing Go Go, because the character’s so extreme. And she’s pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories.
Japanese actress and singer
My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who’s strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.
Japanese actress and singer
A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who’s a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn’t decided yet, but in Japanese it’s I’ll Get on the A Train Sometime.
Japanese actress and singer
Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn’t really pay it any attention. It wasn’t too bad.
Japanese actress and singer
I think probably like seeing women fight because we’re generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.
Japanese actress and singer
Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you’re using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.
Japanese actress and singer
It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.
Japanese actress and singer
I didn’t understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don’t think I can, really.
Japanese actress and singer
Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.
Japanese actress and singer
Without going into too much detail, the end of my major action scene, after the climax of the scene, there was one little change that I suggested regarding the way things should turn out. It was in the detail of the tears of blood.
Japanese actress and singer
I think the biggest difficulty is that when I’m here in America, there’s a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.
Japanese actress and singer
We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.
Japanese actress and singer
I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.
Japanese actress and singer