Writing

Yukiko Manabe

Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Wolf Girl and Black Prince poster
6.5

Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.

Wolf Girl and Black Prince

2016

Silent Love poster
6.9

A silent love story of a young man who wishes to make the dream come true of a young woman who lost her light.

Silent Love

2024

Close Range Love poster
7.5

A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.

Close Range Love

2014

Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie poster
7.2

At the end of the TV series of the same name, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people’s affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy. When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her! A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood…The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!

Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie

2021

The Anthem of the Heart poster
7.6

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...

The Anthem of the Heart

2017

Mt. Fuji and Happiness Code poster
7.0

A university student who has moved in with his recently-widowed grandmother finds a university admission guide his grandfather has left for his wife, who didn't get the opportunity to study in her youth.

Mt. Fuji and Happiness Code

2025

Photograph of Memories poster
7.4

A frustrated young woman returns from Tokyo to her hometown in Toyama where she meets an old woman who lives alone. There she slowly finds purpose in life by taking "photographs" that spin memories instead of ghosts.

Photograph of Memories

2021

Romantic Prelude poster
7.3

An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared walls.

Romantic Prelude

2009

Fiamma poster
7.7

An assistant director investigates the authenticity of a popular autobiographical novel being adapted into a movie.

Fiamma

2025

Vanished poster
6.1

Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell.

Vanished

2006

Bardô kanjiru mama ni poster
NR

The creators are all women, and the work is written from a female perspective, depicting the love and sex feelings of modern women... What is the trigger that brings about a change in the ordinary sensibilities of 27-year-old office worker Miki (Mochizuki Rumi)...?

Bardô kanjiru mama ni

2001

Mount Fuji, Coffee, and the Formula for Happiness poster
NR

Takuma, a university student who has just started living with his grandmother Fumiko, finds a university admissions guide in his late grandfather Eishi's study. It was a surprise for Fumiko, left behind by Eishi. Fumiko takes a step forward and enjoys her days of "studying," a dream she had as a young person. Meanwhile, Takuma is unsure of his dream and worries about his future. The two then find a mysterious mathematical formula in Eishi's notebook, who loved Mount Fuji...

Mount Fuji, Coffee, and the Formula for Happiness

2025