
Directing
Akiko Ohku
Born 1968-10-08 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Acting credits
5.7In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
Barren Illusion
1999
NR12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes"
Deka Matsuri
2003
NRAoyama Shinji’s Film History—and simultaneously a chronicle of modern Japanese history—layers together images of present-day landscapes, newsreels, and photographs of Emperor Shōwa as well as of Kōtoku Shūsui and Sugako Kanno, who were executed in the High Treason Incident, with readings of texts by Nakano Shigeharu (Five-Shao of Sake, Shinagawa Station in the Rain) and Natsume Sōseki (Recollections).
Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001
Tsukiko is an elementary school teacher bitter about her students, parents, colleagues, and her best friend who enjoys a shotgun marriage. Tsukiko has only one path left to take.
Igai to shinanai
1999
Behind the camera
7.0Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.
Tremble All You Want
2017
7.0Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.
Tremble All You Want
2017
6.4The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate.
She Taught Me Serendipity
2025
6.4The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate.
She Taught Me Serendipity
2025
3.0Takako (Mei Kurokawa) is a beautiful woman in her 30's and she works as a designer. Takako has only had relationships with married men. She decides to change herself with the help of her manga artist friend Keiko (Asami Usuda). Takako signs up at a matchmaking site. Soon. Takako meets two men and she takes an interest in the two men. Meanwhile, Takako has an argument with her friend Keiko. (Asianwiki)
Marriage Hunting Beauty
2019
6.4Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
Hold Me Back
2020
6.4Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
Hold Me Back
2020
5.3A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the plastic surgery to her entire body. She changes her name and begins a new life. The perfect body leads her to think about men and her hometown.
Monster
2013
7.3Yasuko Matsuyuki heads the cast of this drama about a 40-something woman who is happy with her single life but nevertheless starts dating a man who is 24 years her junior.
My Sweet Grappa Remedies
2020
6.0Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
6.0Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
6.0Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
6.2What's the biggest event for a couple? A wedding! The goofy but earnest Akito Ishikawa and the always cheerful Haruka Nitta are about to tie the knot. Thanks to the help of their wedding planner Nakagoshi, they've finally made it to the day of the wedding.
Wedding High
2022
6.0In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.
Fantastic Girls
2015
3.0TV anthology movie
Tales of Terror: 100 Stories
2010
3.0TV anthology movie
Tales of Terror: 100 Stories
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cosplay Detective
2009
1.1Little Trip: Chairperson Ayako and Yuki, who sometimes skips school, become close. They run away. Rakugaki Uwagaki: Satomi used to be a member of art club, but she stopped drawing. Due to a cultural festival, she decides to draw again. Baion: Kuroi likes recording the sounds of daily life. One day, she meets Rika. Rika begins to enjoy recording the sounds of daily life with Kuroi.
Houkago Lost
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Nagisa no koibito tachi
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Nagisa no koibito tachi
2016
6.3University student Nozomi tries to get a job. Back in her hometown, she was lazy, but now Nozomi is used to the quicker pace of Tokyo. Nozomi is also experiencing problems with her boyfriend Kameyama, who seems to be travelling at a different speed in life and work. Meanwhile, Saeko works very hard in the advertising field and she is faithful to her boyfriend Tomoya. Yet, on their first year anniversary, Saeko hear's woman's voice on Tomoya's cellphone. Based on the anthology manga of the same name.
Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ゴースト・オブ・レディオ~バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー~
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ゴースト・オブ・レディオ~バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー~
2024
7.5When Satoru (Shota Sometani) was 5-years-old, he became an orphan due to a bus accident. A ventriloquist doll was at the scene of the accident. Satoru suffered deep psychological trauma from the fatal accident. 13 years later, Satoru hears from Emi (Shuri), who grew up with Satoru at the orphanage, that a King of Comedy Festival will be held, but Sumiko (Michiyo Nakahara), the manager of the orphanage, is ill. Emi asks Satoru to perform as a ventriloquist at the festival. Satoru doesn't like the idea, but the ventriloquist doll from the fatal accident, is happy to perform with Satoru again.
Tadaima, Jacqueline
2013