Acting and Modeling in Tokyo

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Acting and Modeling in Tokyo

Living in Japan opens up a lot of opportunities that foreigners would normally never have in their own home country. How else would one explain how a former engineering company vice president can land Japanese television roles as President Richard Nixon, a famous heart surgeon, a police officer, the New Zealand ambassador to Japan, an American executive on a business trip in Japan, an Italian bank teller, and even the butler for Sir Thomas Glover, the Scottish merchant who was a key figure in the 19th century industrialization of Japan? smiley

A short list of Tokyo talent agencies is shown at the bottom of this page.

American businessman and associates in Tokyo enjoy yakitori and oden at Japanese yatai (food stall)

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English translation of Orix credit card TV commercial:

In office:
Office worker (to her boss): "Sorry, I couldn't find a nice place for tonight's reception for our foreign clients."
Lady boss: "Don't worry. We don't need such a fancy place."

In yatai (tent-style food stall):
Lady boss (to her subordinate, upon seeing how much fun the foreigners were having): "They were impressed, weren't they?"

Tricky Dick (ニクソン大統領) and Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (佐藤総理) sign 1969 agreement returning Okinawa back to Japan

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5 top foreign surgeons view live demo of new Japanese open heart surgery procedure

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Thief gets nabbed by a snapshot and is hauled off by 2 handsome cops

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Tokyo Joe scores JT modeling gig

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Sir Thomas Glover with his loyal butler

Sir Thomas Glover's butler with William J. Alt

Sir Thomas Glover's butler

Behind the scenes in the May 28 & June 4-5, 2010 filming of Episodes 29 & 33 in Ryomaden, the NHK TV samurai drama series, starring Masaharu Fukuyama
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A famous American actor appears on the front porch of the
Glover Residence in Nagasaki at the 0:58 min. mark.

Sir Thomas Glover's loyal butler, standing watch over a serious mahjong
discussion about overthrowing the Edo government without force.

Tokyo Joe lands TV gig as Italian bank teller

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Panasonic modeling gig

Gary J. Wolff lands Panasonic modeling job

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Santa Gary

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Phillip Morris Parliament tobacco ad

Fujitsu Glovia ad

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2002 Japan-Korea World Cup Soccer Fuji-Xerox ad

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Tokyo Talent Agencies

Here is a short list of some reputable Tokyo talent agencies I've had the pleasure of working with thru the years:

1) Echoes, 03-5457-3544, talk to Mansour or Suzuki-san
2) Remix, 03-5570-1230, talk to Ito-san, Nagayama-san, or Souda-san
3) D'xim, 03-3407-6508, talk to Hide-san or Hiroko-san
4) Free Wave, 03-3467-4311, talk to Masako-san or Koji-san
5) Junes Planning, 03-6447-1383, talk to Ayuko-san