Biography
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.
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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Filmography
all 26
Director 22
Movies 19
TV Shows 7
Screenplay 1
self 1
She Taught Me Serendipity (2024)
Wedding High (2022)
Heartbreak on a Plate (2022)
Shijuukara (2022)
One Hour Left Until the First Affair (2021)
Hold Me Back (2020)
I Had a Dream of That Girl (2020)
Throw It Away, Adachi (2020)
Tremble All You Want (2017)
Nagisa no koibito tachi (2016)
Fantastic Girls (2015)
Houkago Lost (2014)
Monster (2013)
Tadaima, Jacqueline (2013)
Tales of Terror: 100 Stories (2010)
Cosplay Detective (2009)
Tokyo Serendipity (2007)
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
Igai to shinanai (1999)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1968-10-08 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceYokohama, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsAkiko Ooku, 億田明子
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