Born in 1931 in Tokyo. She moved to France in 1957 as a journalist before returning to Japan to join the film distribution firm Shingaiei Haikyu Co., Ltd. Relocating back to France as an acquisition executive, she spent years bridging the Japanese and French film markets. Her first major acquisition was Jacques Tati’s Mon Oncle, followed by landmark titles such as Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless and René Clément’s Purple Noon.
