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.
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Hold Me Back (2020) — Director
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Tremble All You Want (2017) — Director
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Tokyo Serendipity (2007) — Director
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She Taught Me Serendipity (2025) — Director
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Wedding High (2022) — Director
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Time Limit Investigator (2006) — Director
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2020) — Director
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Fantastic Girls (2015) — Director
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I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family (2023) — Director
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Houkago Lost (2014) — Director
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Monster (2013) — Director
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Marriage Hunting Beauty (2019) — Director
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Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story (2012) — Director
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Throw It Away, Adachi (2020) — Director
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I Had a Dream of That Girl (2020) — Director
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Tales of Terror: 100 Stories (2010) — Director
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Tadaima, Jacqueline (2013) — Director
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Shijuukara (2022) — Director
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Teruko & Lui (2025) — Director
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Nagisa no koibito tachi (2016) — Director
- Igai to shinanai (1999) — Director
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ゴースト・オブ・レディオ～バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー～ (2024) — Director
- I Won't Give Up! — Director
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Heartbreak on a Plate (2022) — Director
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One Hour Left Until the First Affair (2021) — Director
