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- Japan
- (band • debut • England • guitarist • live performance • luck • music • rock • Seiji Nakazawa)
Whatever your job entails, the strongest support is usually closest to home. But actor Dean Fujioka is better known in Taiwan and Hong Kong than he is in his native Japan.
The actor, musician and director, who made his American debut earlier this month in the wild west detective series The Pinkertons, calls himself a “nomad actor” – as long as there’s an international airport, he’ll go wherever his work takes him.
- Japan, USA
- (actor • Dean Fujioka • debut • The Pinkertons • TV drama)
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