Miiko Taka
American actress (1925-2023) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 97
Miiko Taka was an American actress, popular for her film and television roles from the late 1950s until the early 1980s. Her best known role was as an elegant Japanese dancer starring with Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara.
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The ChallengeFilm, Toru Yoshida's Wife1980
ShōgunSeries, Kiri1978
A Family Upside DownFilm, Mrs. Taka1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street KidFilm, Receptionist1975
Paper TigerFilm, Mme. Kagoyama1974
Judge Dee and the Monastery MurdersFilm, Jade Mirror1973
Lost HorizonFilm, Nurse1972
Anna and the KingSeries, Poor Peasant1968
The PowerFilm, Mrs. Van Zandt1966
Walk Don't RunFilm, Aiko Kurawa1965
The Art of LoveFilm, Chou Chou1964
A Global AffairFilm, Fumiko1961
Cry for HappyFilm, Chiyoko
Operation BottleneckFilm, 1961Ari1960
Hell to EternityFilm, Ester1957
SayonaraFilm, Hana-ogi1956
CinépanoramaSeries1925Born24 July 1925People around Miiko
Ross Hunter Produced Lost Horizon and The Art of Love
Toshiro Mifune Also in Midway, Shōgun and The Challenge
William Goetz Produced Sayonara and Cry for Happy
James Shigeta Also in Midway, Lost Horizon and Cry for Happy
Charles Walters Directed Walk, Don't Run (1966)
Jeremy Kagan Directed The Big Fix (1978)
Sol C. Siegel Produced Walk, Don't Run (1966)
Cary Grant Also in Walk, Don't Run and Walk Don't RunJames Garner Also in Sayonara and The Art of Love
Glenn Ford Also in Midway and Cry for HappyDonald O'Connor Also in Cry for Happy and The Big Fix
Samantha Eggar Also in Walk, Don't Run and Walk Don't Run
- James Clavell Produced Shōgun
John Frankenheimer Directed The Challenge (1983)
Joshua Logan Directed Sayonara (1957)
Jack Arnold Directed A Global Affair (1964)
Byron Haskin Directed The Power (1968)- Walter Mirisch Produced Midway (1979)
- Sab Shimono Also in Midway and The Challenge
Irene Tsu Also in Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)
John Standing Also in Walk, Don't Run and Walk Don't Run
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Shōgun and The Challenge- Hall Bartlett Produced A Global Affair (1964)
- Teru Shimada Also in Walk, Don't Run and Walk Don't Run
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Sayonara 1957
Walk Don't Run 1966
The Challenge 1982
Filmography 16
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Television 3
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She also acted in several other films and TV shows with fellow performers such as Miyoshi Umeki, James Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, and Toshirō Mifune.