Takato Yonemoto

While eating ramen noodles for lunch at a Japanese market in Los Angeles Takato Yonemoto was approached by a talent scout and in less than a week he auditioned for the 225 million 3D epic 47 Ronin Just a few weeks later without any acting background he found himself in Europe on a fivemonth shoot as a principal actor in 47 Ronin starring in oneonone scenes with Keanu Reeves Japaneseborn Yonemoto is a classic Hollywood miracle Educated in Japan he worked in a mental hospital before coming to study in the US A longterm film buff Yonemoto now appears on the bigscreen himself for a worldwide audience and today is one of the premiere upandcoming Asian stars on the global scene