Directing
Akiko Ohku
- Born
- Oct 8, 1968 · Age 58
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 25
Also known as (5)
- Akiko Ooku
- 億田明子
- Akiko Okuda
- Akiko Oku
- Akiko Ōku
Biography
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…
