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the interpreter; A Japanese ingenue makes her dazzling debut on the American screen.(Interview)

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| November 01, 2006 | Palmer, Caroline | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Caroline Palmer

Inside a cavernous restaurant at a New York hotel, the young Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi sits in a corner politely cooling herself with a wide black fan. Flanked by a translator and her manager, the 25-year-old wears a black lace Chanel dress draped over skinny jeans and Gucci heels. As she speaks about Babel, her latest project-21 Grams director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's commanding, and tragic, tale of intersecting lives and global fracture-her serious demeanor gets broken, only briefly, by bright peals of unexpected laughter.

Kikuchi plays Chieko, a deaf-mute student in Tokyo grappling with her mother's recent suicide and a newfound desire to push past the boundaries of childhood. From naively taunting boys with her short skirt to ending up overwhelmed in a club where everyone is dancing to a beat she cannot hear, the actress lends the character an adolescent vulnerability that is almost painful to watch. Like a sponge, her Chieko soaks up new surroundings and situations, her face filling with animation and ...

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