Name Ayako Fujitani Other names Ayako Seagal Role Writer | Occupation Actress, Writer Aunts Brenda Seagal Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |
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Full Name Ayako Faith Seagal Relatives Kentaro Seagal (Brother) Parents Miyako Fujitani, Steven Seagal Siblings Kentaro Seagal, Annaliza Seagal, Dominic Seagal, Kunzang Seagal, Arissa Seagal, Savannah Seagal Grandparents Patricia Seagal, Samuel Steven Seagal Movies Man From Reno, Tokyo!, Gamera: Guardian of the Uni, Gamera 3: The Revenge, Shiki‑Jitsu Similar People Steven Seagal, Kentaro Seagal, Dave Boyle, Adrienne La Russa, Erdenetuya Seagal | ||
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Ayako Fujitani (藤谷 文子, Fujitani Ayako, born December 7, 1979) is a writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese. Fujitani is currently a guest star as Kyoko, the wife of Takehaya (Hiroyuki Sanada) in the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship.
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- man from reno interview ayako fujitani pepe serna
- Ayako Fujitani
- Early life
- Acting
- Writing
- Other pursuits
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Theatrical works
- Literary works
- References
Ayako Fujitani
Early life
Ayako Fujitani was born in Osaka, Japan. She is the daughter of Steven Seagal from his first wife, aikido master Miyako Fujitani. As a teenager, she also resided in Los Angeles, California, United States. Through her father, Fujitani is of Russian-Jewish, Mongolian and Irish ancestry.
Acting
An avid fan of film, she made her screen debut and appeared in the sequels of the Heisei era daikaiju eiga Gamera (1995–1999) series, after a chance meeting at a film festival with director Shusuke Kaneko. She worked again with him on an episode he directed of Ultraman Max.
Other film roles include parts in the French film Sansa (2003) and in Michel Gondry's "Interior Design" segment of Tokyo! (2008).
She also stars in Dave Boyle's 2014 film, Man from Reno as the protagonist, a Japanese crime novelist named Aki. She also appeared in Dave Boyle's film, Daylight Savings as Erika, a love interest of the protagonist, Goh Nakamura.
Writing
After spending a few teenage years in Los Angeles studying acting and English, Ayako began to write for the Japanese magazine Roadshow. Her literary skills became more evident with the publication of her coupled novellas Touhimu (Flee-Dream) and Yakeinu (Burnt Dog). The former is often incorrectly referred to as semi-biographical, though it is a completely fictional story of a young suicidal girl trying to make sense of life, death, family, and love. The latter is the story of the relationship between a man and the girl he has raised in his cellar.
Along with writer and director Hideaki Anno, Ayako co-adapted her novella Touhimu (Flee-Dream) into the film Shiki-Jitsu in 2000. It was the first non-animated feature released by Studio Ghibli under the Studio Kajino label. She also stars in the title role. Shiki-Jitsu won the Artistic Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival and showed at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Ayako has established herself as a writer in Japan of both fiction and non-fiction, contributing essays and short stories to various national publications.
In 2014, Fujitani co-wrote a Ermenegildo Zegna-commissioned short film with Park Chan-wook, Chung Chung-hoon and Michael Werwie that Park also directed, and that Clint Mansell scored entitled A Rose Reborn starring Jack Huston and Daniel Wu.
Other pursuits
In 2006, she directed a short drama for TV Tokyo's Drama Factory program.
Ayako has also displayed musical talent, being a member of the band Father's Girls.
Personal life
She has been married to Javier Gullón since 2016.