About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1968-10-08
Place of birth:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Akiko Ohku

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2003 Deka Matsuri Actor N/A
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2001 Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age Actor Herself N/A
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1999 Barren Illusion Actor 58
Average
1999 Igai to shinanai Actor N/A
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Directing
2024 She Taught Me Serendipity Directing Director N/A
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2023 I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family Directing Director 70
Good
2022 Wedding High Directing Director 58
Average
2022 Heartbreak on a Plate Directing Director N/A
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2022 Shijuukara Directing Director 70
Good
2020 Hold Me Back Directing Director 59
Average
2020 My Sweet Grappa Remedies Directing Director 59
Average
2019 Marriage Hunting Beauty Directing Director 58
Average
2017 Tremble All You Want Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Nagisa no koibito tachi Directing Director N/A
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2015 Fantastic Girls Directing Director 58
Average
2014 Houkago Lost Directing Director 59
Average
2013 Monster Directing Director 59
Average
2013 Tadaima, Jacqueline Directing Director N/A
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2012 Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story Directing Director 59
Average
2010 Tales of Terror: 100 Stories Directing Director 58
Average
2007 Tokyo Serendipity Directing Director 58
Average
1999 Igai to shinanai Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 She Taught Me Serendipity Writing Screenplay N/A
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2020 Hold Me Back Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2020 Throw It Away, Adachi Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
2017 Tremble All You Want Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2016 Nagisa no koibito tachi Writing Screenplay N/A
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2010 Tales of Terror: 100 Stories Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2009 Cosplay Detective Writing Screenplay N/A
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2007 Tokyo Serendipity Writing Writer 58
Average
1999 Igai to shinanai Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2007 Tokyo Serendipity Production Producer 58
Average