Akiko \u014cku (\u5927\u4e5d \u660e\u5b50, \u014cku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director.<\/p>\n
\u014cku 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, \u014cku 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.<\/p>\n
While still at film school, \u014cku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, \u610f\u5916\u3068\u6b7b\u306a\u306a\u3044 (Igaito shinanai, literally “don’t die unexpectedly”).<\/p>\n
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Akiko \u014cku (\u5927\u4e5d \u660e\u5b50, \u014cku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director. \u014cku 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, \u014cku briefly had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-34773","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n