Shizuko Hoshi is an American

United States

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 actress and theatre director living in Southern California

Southern California

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. She is a graduate of Tokyo Women's College and University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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. She was married to actor Mako

Mako (actor)

, born , was an Oscar- and Tony-nominated Japanese actor. Many of his acting roles credited him simply as Mako, omitting his surname. -Early life:...

, the founding Artistic Director of East West Players

East West Players

East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. As one of the nation's first Asian American theatre organizations, East West Players today continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian Pacific American...

 in Los Angeles, and worked closely with the Asian American theatre

Asian American theatre

Asian American theater is theater written, directed or acted by Asian Americans.- Background :Asian American theater emerged in the 1960s and the 1970s with the foundation of four theatre companies: East West Players in Los Angeles, Asian American Theatre Workshop in San Francisco, Theatrical...

 company from 1965 to 1989.

While at East West Players, she received many awards for performance, directing and choreography, including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards is an annual awards program presented by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle . Established in 1969, the awards recognize excellence in theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....

 for Featured Performance in Wakako Yamauchi

Wakako yamauchi

Wakako Yamauchi is a Nisei Asian American female writer. Her plays are considered pioneering works in Asian American theatre.- Biography :...

's And The Soul Shall Dance, as well as Drama-Logue Award

Drama-Logue Award

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s for Best Director for Hokusai Sketchbooks, Asa ga Kimashita, A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

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and Mishima. Her film credits include Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha (film)

Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. It was directed by Rob Marshall. It was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by...

, Come See The Paradise

Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise is a 1990 film directed by Alan Parker, starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Set before and during World War II, the film depicts the treatment of Japanese people in America following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent loss of civil liberties within the...

and M. Butterfly

M. Butterfly (film)

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.

She appeared in the indie film, Charlotte Sometimes

Charlotte Sometimes (film)

Charlotte Sometimes is a 2002 film written, directed, and produced by Eric Byler.-Plot:Nominated for two 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, and hailed by Roger Ebert as a breakthrough for Asian American filmmakers, Charlotte Sometimes is a "mysterious and erotic" romance exploring the kinds of love...

and narrated the Academy Award winning Live Action Short Film

Academy Award for Live Action Short Film

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, Visas and Virtue

Visas and Virtue

Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, who is known as "The Japanese Schindler"...

. She has also appeared on television, in such shows as Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...

and M*A*S*H*. In 1995, Hoshi co-directed the English language premiere of the Japanese comedy The Fall Guy off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

in New York City.

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