Kaori Tsuji

Born on 5-2-1974, Kaori Tsuji, a tall and beautiful Japanese woman (1m 78) studied business but actually turned to modeling and acting. After a year spent in the United States, she came back to Japan but felt compelled to leave her native country. As she puts it , "I was tired of bending over and over to make people forget my height. I couldn't even consider a career as a model because in Japan only European models, lolitas with big round, clear eyes like manga heroines, manage to make a living. Or else you have to make a career in Paris first. And only then can you come back to Japan with your head held high. There, you're considered differently. That's why at 22 I decided to leave." She then became a model in Paris for Hermès, Dior, etc... before giving up modeling for good in 2002 to concentrate on her acting career. On this occasion, she appeared at a casting session for the adaptation of Amélie Nothomb's novel, "Stupeur et tremblements". She was chosen by director Alain Corneau for the role of Fubuki Morila, Amélie'(Sylvie Testud)'s frigid Japanese chef, in which she excelled. Following this, she continued to work in France in films such as "Fauteuils d'Orchestre" and TVfilms like "Carmen". In 2012, after living in France for 10 years, she published an essay called "Parisienne to Taxi no Hosoku" in which she recounted the multiple experiences of her career. In 2014, she committed herself as director and screenwriter with a trilogy of three short films about women.