MIIKO TAKA (Legend Ghost)

After Audrey Hepburn, director Joshua Logan's first choice for the role of Hana-ogi, turned him down, he looked to cast an unknown actress.[4] Taka, who at the time was working as a clerk at a travel agency in Los Angeles, was discovered by a talent scout at a local Nisei festival.[3] Although she had no previous acting experience,[4] Variety gave her a positive review in their review of the film.[6] Warner Bros. gave her a term contract as a result of her performance in Sayonara.[7] After Sayonara, she worked in films with James Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Glenn Ford, Miyoshi Umeki and Toshirō Mifune (alongside whom she also worked in the 1980 television miniseries Shõgun). She also served as an interpreter for Mifune and Akira Kurosawa when they visited Hollywood.[8][9]