Akiko Ohku
Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1968 (age 58) · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Akiko Ōku (大九 明子, Ōku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director.
Ōku was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. In high school, she joined a rakugo group. While studying Politics and Economics at Meiji University, she was part of a student theatre troupe. After graduating, Ōku briefly had an office job at a subsidiary of the Ministry of Labour. She then entered a comedy acting school for one year and performed as stand-up comedian, and afterwards, at age 27, she entered Eigabi School, a film school where director Kiyoshi Kurosawa taught, among others.
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While still at film school, Ōku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, 意外と死なない (Igaito shinanai, literally "don't die unexpectedly").
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Known for
Behind the camera18
- 2027I Won't Give Up! Director, Screenplay
- 2025She Taught Me Serendipity Director, Screenplay
- 2024ゴースト・オブ・レディオ～バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー～ Director, Screenplay
- 2022Wedding High Director
- 2020Hold Me Back Screenplay, Director
- 2020My Sweet Grappa Remedies Director
- 2019Marriage Hunting Beauty Director
- 2017Tremble All You Want Director, Screenplay
- 2016Nagisa no koibito tachi Director, Screenplay
- 2015
