Yukiko Takayama
Writing
- Born
- April 4, 1945 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- June 2, 2023 (age 78)
Yukiko Takayama (高山 由紀子 (たかやま ゆきこ) (Takayama Yukiko), April 4, 1945, Tokyo, Japan - June 2, 2023, Tokyo, Japan) was a screenwriter and film director of Japan.
The eldest daughter of Japanese painter Takayama Tatsuo. After graduating from Faculty of Literature, Keio University, studying movie screenplay.
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In 1975, her own work was adopted as a competition screening for a new Godzilla movie screenwriter for scenario school students by Ishirō Honda, and the screenwriter debuted in "Mechagodzilla's Counterattack" (known internationally as "Terror of Mechagodzilla").
She is good at a scenario that struck female psychology, she is one of the female screenwriters indispensable for criminal dramas, mysteries, and historical dramas.
The novel "Tale of Genji Monogatari, Prince of Sorrow" published in 2010 was made into a movie in 2011 titled "The Tales of Genji Monogatari Mystery".
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Known for
Terror of Mechagodzilla
March 15, 1975
Godzilla vs. Mothra
December 12, 1992
The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
December 10, 2011
The Legend of Sayo
December 17, 1982
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
February 9, 1991
Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa
August 27, 1988
After the Wind Has Gone
October 5, 1996
Gassan
October 20, 1979
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
December 4, 1993
If Blessed
January 9, 2010
Anata ga koko ni itehoshii
March 25, 1992
Trinacria: Porsche 959
November 1, 1987
Behind the camera15
- 2011The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma Novel, Screenplay
- 2010If Blessed Writer
- 1996After the Wind Has Gone Director, Screenplay
- 1994Otoko Tomodachi Writer
- 1993Koya Choken-bou oboegaki Screenplay
- 1992Godzilla vs. Mothra Story
- 1992Anata ga koko ni itehoshii Writer
- 1991Kamigata Kugaizoshi Screenplay
- 1988Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa Screenplay
- 1987Trinacria: Porsche 959