Akiko Ōku
Akiko Ōku (
Ōku was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa.[2] 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 a stand-up comedian, and afterwards, at age 27, she entered Eigabi School, a film school where director Kiyoshi Kurosawa taught, among others.
Igaito shinanai[edit]
While still at film school, Ōku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director,
Lost After School[edit]
Lost After School (original title
Fantastic Girls[edit]
Fantastic Girls (original title でーれーガールズ Dērē gāruzu) was released in 2015.[2] It is adapted from the novel of the same title by Maha Harada. The word dērē in the title is Okayama dialect and means "very". The story is about two high-school friends in 1980 who reunite 30 years later.
Tremble All You Want[edit]
Later films[edit]
Further films by Ōku include
References[edit]
- ^ a b "MS Profile -
大 九 明子 Akiko Ooku". The Monkey & Snake's Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2021. - ^ a b c d Udagawa, Shinya (August 2014). "
著名 人 インタビュー この人 に聞 きたい!大 九 明子 さん[映画 監督 ]" [Celebrity Interview - I Want to Ask this Person! Akiko Ōku, Film Director]. 13歳 のハローワーク (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2021. - ^ "World Gaze Clips". MyAnimeList. Retrieved 14 November 2021.