Akiko Ohku
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing25
tvTeruko & Lui
2025
Director
movieWedding High
2022
Director
tvHeartbreak on a Plate
2022
Director
tvShijuukara
2022
Director
movieHold Me Back
2020
Director
tvI Had a Dream of That Girl
2020
Director
tvThrow It Away, Adachi
2020
Director
movieMarriage Hunting Beauty
2019
Director
movieTremble All You Want
2017
Director
movieNagisa no koibito tachi
2016
Director
movieFantastic Girls
2015
Director
movieHoukago Lost
2014
Director
movieMonster
2013
Director
movieTadaima, Jacqueline
2013
Director
movieTokyo Serendipity
2007
Director
tvTime Limit Investigator
2006
Director
Writing15
tvTeruko & Lui
2025
Screenplay
movieShe Taught Me Serendipity
2025
Screenplay
movieゴースト・オブ・レディオ～バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー～
2024
Screenplay
movieHold Me Back
2020
Screenplay
tvI Had a Dream of That Girl
2020
Teleplay
tvThrow It Away, Adachi
2020
Screenplay
movieTremble All You Want
2017
Screenplay
movieNagisa no koibito tachi
2016
Screenplay
movieTales of Terror: 100 Stories
2010
Screenplay
movieCosplay Detective
2009
Screenplay
I Won't Give Up!
Screenplay
Acting4
Creator2
tvTeruko & Lui
2025
Creator
tvShijuukara
2022
Creator
Production1
movieTokyo Serendipity
2007
Producer