Takayo Fischer
Nacimiento : 1932-11-25, Hardwick - California - USA
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Takayo Fischer (born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and TV actress, as well as voice-over actress and singer.
Personal life
Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the daughter of Issei (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro and Kinko Tsubouchi. During World War II, as a young child, she and her family were forcibly evacuated from the West Coast and spent time in the Fresno Assembly Center before being relocated to Jerome and Rohwer internment camps. Fischer later lived in Chicago, Illinois, where, as a young adult, she won the crown of "Miss Nisei Queen." She attended Rollins College from 1951-1953. After her 2nd year at Rollins College she married Dean Doran the day after he graduated from Rollins, in the college chapel, and had 3 children by him within 4 years. Toya: (1954), John (1956) Juliet (1957.). She married Sy Fischer, 2nd husband, (an entertainment executive) on November 29, 1980 . Her 2nd husband has 2 children Stewart and Peter. She resides in Los Angeles.
Career
Fischer appeared in the stage production of The World of Suzie Wong in New York in 1958. She won a Drama-Logue Award for ensemble performance for Tea at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. She has also appeared in many productions with East West Players in Los Angeles, including Into The Woods. She toured the U.S. and Europe in The Peony Pavilion in 1997.
Fischer has appeared in many big-budget films, including Moneyball, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Mistress Ching, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) as Mrs. Chu, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005). She has also worked on many independent Asian American films including Americanese (2009), Only the Brave (2005), Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) and Strawberry Fields (1997).
Fischer has had numerous guest-starring roles on network television including FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as a North Korean bar owner named Mr. Kim. She is sometimes credited as "Takayo Doran."
Voice work
Fischer has also done voices in several cartoon programmes. Some of her well-known roles included Mister T, Battle of the Planets, Rubik the Amazing Cube, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Saturday Supercade, The Flintstone Kids, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Karate Kid, Capitol Critters, The Centurions, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show, Super Friends, Thundarr the Barbarian, Rambo, Wildfire, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
She has also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Kelly Johnson
A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her and bring justice to the world, as an assassin.
Gladys
Sin darse cuenta de su terrible historia, una joven pareja compra la casa de sus sueños. Pero pronto queda claro que no pueden estar solos en la casa ... y que alguien, o algo , está decidido a expulsarlos.
Grandma Reiko Tanaka
Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16 year old, endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer.
Suzanne - Billy's Secretary
Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) es el gerente general del equipo de béisbol Atléticos de Oakland, que acaba de perder otra temporada más. Decidido a relanzar el equipo, y con la ayuda del joven economista Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), utilizará las estadísticas de éste para fichar a los jugadores que cree más oportunos. Un método que no es compartido por sus compañeros, ni por el entrenador del equipo Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Tina
The Story follows Troy, a young man whose beloved wife passes away. The movie opens at her funeral, and Troy, ill-equipped to deal with this kind of grief at this stage in his life, just shuts down. Lost for direction, he receives in the mail a letter his wife wrote him while she was sick, which asks him to build his Aunt Hilda a porch. With nowhere else to turn, Troy drives to where his aunt lives in the desert. There, he meets with his Aunt Hilda, a supporting cast of crazy fun old ladies, and Bobby, a kind of wise cowboy, all of whom make it easier for Troy to find the place within to deal with his grief and move forward, and help open Troy's eyes that his pain is not unique. In the Process, Troy also learns the Difference between "true love" and "love at first sight".
Ching
Siguiendo la estela de lo sucedido en “Piratas del caribe: el cofre del hombre muerto”, encontramos a nuestros héroes Will Turner y Elizabeth Swann aliados con el capitán Barbossa, en una búsqueda desesperada para liberar al capitán Jack Sparrow de las manos de Davy Jones. Mientras, el terrorífico barco fantasma, el Holandés Errante, bajo el control de la Compañía de las Indias Orientales, causa estragos a lo largo de los Siete Mares. Will y Elizabeth, navegando en medio de la traición, la felonía y mares salvajes, deben seguir adelante rumbo a Singapur y enfrentarse al astuto pirata chino Sao Feng. Ahora, en los mismísimos confines de la tierra, todos ellos deben elegir un bando en la batalla final, ya que no sólo sus vidas y fortunas, sino también el futuro de la piratería clásica, pende de un hilo...
Mrs. Chu
Chris Gardner es un vendedor brillante y con talento, pero su empleo no le permite cubrir sus necesidades más básicas. Tanto es así que acaban echándolo, junto a su hijo de cinco años, de su piso de San Francisco y no tienen ningún lugar al que ir. Cuando Gardner consigue hacer unas prácticas en una prestigiosa correduría de bolsa, los dos protagonistas tendrán que afrontar muchas adversidades parar hacer realidad su sueño de una vida mejor. Basada en hechos reales.
Mrs. Nakajo
Un retrato abrasador de la guerra y los prejuicios, 'Only the Brave' te lleva en un viaje inquietante a los corazones y las mentes de los héroes olvidados de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Keiko Crane
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other
Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Japón, 1929. Chiyo, una niña de nueve años, es vendida por sus padres para trabajar en la casa de Geishas de Nitta Okiya. Su hermana mayor Satsu no es aceptada y es enviada a un prostíbulo. En la casa Chiyo conoce a Pumpkin, otra niña que va a ser instruida para ser geisha, así como a las famosas geishas Hatsumomo y su rival Mameha. Los comienzos de Chiyo son duros, pero un encuentro con el que será el amor de su vida, el Presidente, hará que desde ese momento sólo desee convertirse en una famosa geisha para estar más cerca de él.
Older Woman
Ray Ferrier es un descargador de muelle, divorciado y padre nada modélico. Poco después de que su ex mujer y su nuevo marido se vayan después de dejar a Robbie, su hijo adolescente, y a su pequeña hija Rachel para una de sus contadas visitas, estalla una tremenda e inesperada tormenta eléctrica. Unos momentos después, en un cruce cerca de la casa, Ray es testigo de un acontecimiento que cambiará su vida y la de los suyos para siempre. Una enorme máquina de tres patas emerge del suelo y antes de que alguien pueda hacer algo, arrasa todo lo que está a su alcance. Un día como otro cualquiera acaba de convertirse en la fecha más extraordinaria de su vida: el primer ataque alienígena contra la Tierra.
Mrs. Ishikawa
It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably homesick, in spite of the kindness of the Japanese couple she lives with.
Takayo
After a visit from the ghost of her sister, a rebellious 16 year old Japanese American girl hits the road with her boyfriend in search of a better life. Hooking up with activist friends along the way, she comes to an important realization about her past: that her parents were incarcerated in an internment camp during World War II. She detours her road trip, ditches her boyfriend and drives off into the Arizona desert in a determined search for the truth that will set her free.
Dr. Emily Weiss
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their newborn, but she discovers she is the victim of a scam.
Mrs. Chau
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, which robs her of her sense of smell and could even kill her. With time fast running out, she begins a frantic search for the only people who can provide the tissue-donations she desperately needs: her long-lost sisters, Corduroy and Velour.
Mama Yamaguchi
La Yakuza, una poderosa organización ancestral japonesa, trata de implantarse en Los Angeles extorsionando a los comerciantes de Little Tokyo, así como hacerse con el mercado norteamericano introduciendo una droga sofisticada envasada en botellas de cerveza. Dos jóvenes policías, en misión secreta, tendrán que desarticular el brazo armado de la Yakuza, la "Garra de hierro", cuyo jefe es conocido de uno de ellos.
Bank Teller
Patty y Drake compran una gran casa y para poder pagarla deciden alquilar el piso inferior. Y entonces comienzan sus problemas, porque su inquilino no está dispuesto ni a pagar el alquiler ni tampoco a marcharse. Sus planes son otros: se aprovechará de que la ley está de su parte para provocar a los propietarios del modo más retorcido y cruel, a la espera de que su reacción sea constitutiva de delito.
Mme. Binh
A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young prostitute who has been killed in exactly the same fashion as a young nightclub singer in Saigon during the Vietnam War. At the same time, the detective attempts to ferret out corruption in the police ranks.
Okasan
On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.
