South China Morning Post - Found Jun. 17, 2009 Watching Rinko Kikuchi ascend the hallowed steps of Cannes' Festivals des Palais last month for the premiere of Maps of the Sounds of Tokyo - in ...
BoxOfficeProphets - Found Jul. 2, 2009 But even shows set in what seem to be reality apply some rules early on to establish some exaggeration of that reality.
London Free Press - Found Jun. 27, 2009 Also in the cast of The Brothers Bloom are Robbie Coltrane, Rinko Kikuchi (as the explosives expert Bang Bang) and Maximilian Schell.
London Free Press - Found Jun. 26, 2009 Also in the cast of The Brothers Bloom are Robbie Coltrane, Rinko Kikuchi (as the explosives expert Bang Bang) and Maximilian Schell.
Edmonton Sun - Found Jun. 26, 2009 Also in the cast of The Brothers Bloom are Robbie Coltrane, Rinko Kikuchi (as the explosives expert Bang Bang) and Maximilian Schell.
Wichita Falls Times Record News - Found 17 hours ago When Bloom runs off, Stephen?s mostly silent Japanese assistant and explosives expert, Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), finds him.
Johnson City Press - Found 23 hours ago ... the almighty ?last con.? Bloom reluctantly agrees and accompanies his brother and Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), a mute demolitions expert, as...
Cape Times - Found Jul. 2, 2009 THE BROTHERS BLOOM. Directed by Rian Johnson, with Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi and Robbie Coltrane.
Kikuchi was born in Minamigaoka, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. She debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed film Ikitai(生きたい?).1 Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the acclaimed Kazuyoshi Komuri-directed film Sora no Ana(空の穴?), which was featured across several international film festivals, including the Rotterdam Film Festival.1 In 2004, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Katsuhito Ishii-directed film Cha no Aji(茶の味?), which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.1
In 2006, she appeared in the critically-acclaimed Alejandro González Iñárritu-directed film Babel, where she played Chieko Wataya, a deaf teenage girl, in a role for which she was critically acclaimed1 and nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.2 She won several, such as the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance (tying with Jennifer Hudson) and the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough. Kikuchi is also the fifth actress in Academy Award history to be nominated for an award for a role in which they do not speak a word. (The others were Jane Wyman, Patty Duke, Holly Hunter, and Samantha Morton.) Her emotionally intense role in Babel has led to her being noticed by many international directors, such as Rian Johnson, auteur director of Brick. She starred in his second film, 2009's The Brothers Bloom, which was her first fully English-language feature. Though she plays a main character, she only speaks three words in the film; her character is said to only know three words of English.
She was mentioned in an episode of the TV show Robot Chicken on the Adult Swim network in a parody of the popular movie-themed Lego play sets.
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