MODERN LOVE - JAPAN
Episodic
Network: Amazon Studios
Exec Producer: Trish Hofmann
Showrunner/Writer/Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Casting Director: Emily Schweber
Casting Assistant: Claire Chadwick
Start Date: August 23, 2021
Location: Los Angeles
All roles local hire Los Angeles:
[ MR. KIM ]
60s - 70s, Korean, he is another of Emma's online English language students, sweet and smiling. He, too, is enchanted by Emma’s charm and friendliness...2 speeches & 1 line, 1 scene (3) Korean-American with authentic Korean accent or Korean.
[ JUNYA ]
19-22, male, Japanese, he is another of Emma's students who is learning English online, nerdy, serious, scholarly, over-attentive. He takes his lessons very seriously....2 lines, 1 scene (12) Authentic Japanese accent.
[ TAXI DRIVER ]
60s, male, Japanese, balding, this taxi driver eyes Mamrou and Emma warily as he gives them a lift to Emma's hotel after their moments of indecision...1 scene (25) Must speak Japanese for improv. The scene 'takes place' in Tokyo, although it is being shot in Los Angeles.
[ COUPLE AT OKONOMIYAKI RESTAURANT ]
Late teens/early 20s. Japanese, must speak Japanese, these innocent shy college-age sweethearts are giggling playfully as they share a meal...no lines, 1 scene (28) May be non-speaking but will be paid as day-players. Scene is important. Looking for both males and females. The scene 'takes place' in Tokyo, although it is being shot in Los Angeles.
THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF THE AMAZON SERIES “MODERN LOVE”