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How ‘Unseen’ Director Yoko Okumara Cast Against the Hollywood Grain in Debut Film: ‘Was Kind of a Miracle’

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Yoko Okumara: Growing up in Minneapolis as a Japanese-American immigrant kid. Directing was the farthest thing from my mind and my imagination couldn’t go there.

It’s not like I ever saw a Scorsese film and was like, “I could be him someday.” Nobody who looked like me did this job, so, to me, it was really the love of the camera.

I loved the technology since I was a kid, 10 years old. I had a mini VHS camera in my hand and followed the passion of that piece of technology, went to Arts High School in Minneapolis and then Cal Arts for undergrad film video.

I kept going to film schools because I loved film. But even during that time I don’t think my brain was able to fully imagine that I could actually [be] a director as a career.

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