Writing

Yumie Hiraiwa

Born — Died

1932-03-15 — 2023-06-09

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Three Faces of Love poster
9.0

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.

Three Faces of Love

1967

Women and Miso Soup poster
9.0

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

Women and Miso Soup

1968

Time Within Memory poster
4.7

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru recalls the old days spent on the island with his young, beautiful mother.

Time Within Memory

1973

No artwork available
NR

Through the relationship between a woman who has lost her husband and her brother-in-law who proposes to her, the complexity of the female psyche and the differences between their hearts are portrayed in detail.

Tokimeki no Gogo

1985

Onna no Kyūka poster
NR

It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.

Onna no Kyūka

1974

Onna no Katei poster
NR

The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his work.

Onna no Katei

1977

Onna no Natsu poster
NR

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

Onna no Natsu

1975