Word: eiko
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Occidental moviemakers perceive her as a fashion photographer (Eyes of Laura Mars) or a ratings-mad television executive (Network). But Tokyo Art Director Eiko Ishioka, casting around for a Japanese TV commercial, saw in Faye Dunaway something of Kannon Bosatsu, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Rigged in sail-like goddess attire, the inscrutable pitchperson has no lines, but she kisses and caresses two tiny girls in a fetching commercial for a chain of boutiques, galleries and theaters that airs next month...