Writing

Takako Shigemori

Born

1939-09-14 (87)

Place of birth

Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

One Day at Summer's End poster
6.5

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

One Day at Summer's End

1968

Muddy River poster
7.3

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

Muddy River

1981

The Girl in Glass poster
7.0

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy.

The Girl in Glass

1988

The Origin of Twenty Years Old poster
NR

On June 24, 1969, Etsuko Takano, a 20-year-old third-year student at Ritsumeikan University, jumped in front of a train and died instantly. She left no suicide note, but did leave over a dozen diaries. This film is based on her writings.

The Origin of Twenty Years Old

1973

Sensei poster
8.0

In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays. The only person who is seriously worried about this is the Japanese language teacher Nakajima. He decides to hold special additional classes for the lagging students during the summer holidays, which they will keep as a memento of the old school.

Sensei

1989

The Legend of Manxmouse poster
6.0

A ceramic figure of a blue mouse with long ears, stubby legs, and no tail suddenly comes to life. He is a “Manxmouse” as known in the legend. Since he is new to this world, his fearless curiosity leads him to meet a frog couple, an aviator hawk, a stray tiger, and a girl. Although he learns about his ultimate fate-to be eaten by a “Manxcat”-he decides to face this cat and challenge his destiny.

The Legend of Manxmouse

1979

Our Wasteland poster
10.0

Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.

Our Wasteland

1969