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Aliases: Akiko Ooku , 億田明子

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 6


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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"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Akiko Ōku, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Tremble All You Want
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7

Tremble All You Want

(2017) Screenplay
I Had a Dream of That Girl
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7

I Had a Dream of That Girl

(2020) Director
Throw It Away, Adachi
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7

Throw It Away, Adachi

(2020) Director
Shijuukara
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10

Shijuukara

(2022) Director
Hold Me Back
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6

Hold Me Back

(2020) Screenplay
Monster
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5

Monster

(2013) Director
My Sweet Grappa Remedies
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8

My Sweet Grappa Remedies

(2020) Director
One Hour Left Until the First Affair
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0

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