In 1999 , while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles , she appeared in `` Bean Cake '' , a short film which won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival .
In 1999 , while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles , she appeared in `` Bean Cake '' . The short film won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival .