Yukiko Takayama
Born: 1945-04-04 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2023-06-02
Known For: Writing
Biography
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. 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". From Wikipedia (ja), the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2011
- The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma ... (Novel)
2010
- If Blessed ... (Writer)
2004
- Women Make Films as Self
1996
- After the Wind Has Gone ... (Director)
1993
- Koya Choken-bou oboegaki ... (Screenplay)
1992
- Godzilla vs. Mothra ... (Story)
- Anata ga koko ni itehoshii ... (Writer)
1991
- Kamigata Kugaizoshi ... (Screenplay)
1988
- Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa ... (Screenplay)
1987
- Trinacria: Porsche 959 ... (Screenplay)
1985
- 国東物語 ... (Screenplay)
1979
- Gassan ... (Writer)
1977
- Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac ... (Writer)
1975
- Terror of Mechagodzilla ... (Screenplay)