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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - A sign language interpreter (front) accompanies Mamoru Samuragochi (back) at his press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after Samuragochi admitted he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him. Although there have been allegations that Samuragochi had also lied about his deafness, he asserted that he does have some hearing problems.

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TAKE SHELTER

TAKE SHELTER [US 2011] MICHAEL SHANNON, JESSICA CHASTAIN Date: 2011

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CASANOVA

CASANOVA [US 2005] JEREMY IRONS, BEN MOOR Date: 2005

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Deafness no barrier for Japanese choreographer

LONDON, Britain - Japanese choreographer Chisato Minamimura is interviewed by Kyodo News in London on Oct. 25, 2011. Despite being deaf from birth, Minamimura is forging a successful career in Britain as a contemporary dancer and choreographer. (Kyodo)