Kotoko Kawamura-Kroesen was a Japanese actress, born in Kyoto.
She lived in Santa Monica, California, for more than 40 years, then moved to Maui, Hawaii.
She became an actress late in life, when she was about 70 years old, and is best known for her role in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone their skills as singers, actors, dancers, and more. Over four years, these young men and women will see if they truly have the dedication and talent to achieve success, while still juggling regular schoolwork, feelings of self-doubt, and budding romances.
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.