Akiko Ohku
Born: 1968-10-08 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Teruko & Lui ... (Director)
- She Taught Me Serendipity ... (Director)
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)
2023
2022
- Shijuukara ... (Director)
- Heartbreak on a Plate ... (Director)
- Wedding High ... (Director)
2021
- One Hour Left Until the First Affair ... (Writer)
2020
- I Had a Dream of That Girl ... (Director)
- Throw It Away, Adachi ... (Screenplay)
- My Sweet Grappa Remedies ... (Director)
- Hold Me Back ... (Screenplay)
2019
- Marriage Hunting Beauty ... (Director)
2017
- Tremble All You Want ... (Director)
2016
- Nagisa no koibito tachi ... (Director)
2015
- Fantastic Girls ... (Director)
2014
- Houkago Lost ... (Director)
2013
- Monster ... (Director)
- Tadaima, Jacqueline ... (Director)
2012
- Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story ... (Director)
2010
- Tales of Terror: 100 Stories ... (Director)
2009
- Cosplay Detective ... (Screenplay)
2007
- Tokyo Serendipity ... (Director)
2006
- Time Limit Investigator ... (Director)
2003
2001
- Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age as Herself
1999
- Barren Illusion as Akiko
- Igai to shinanai