Akiko Ohku
16 Directed
8 Series
Movies
Director
Tremble All You Want
2017
Director
Hold Me Back
2020
Director
Fantastic Girls
2015
Director
Monster
2013
Director
Marriage Hunting Beauty
2019
Director
She Taught Me Serendipity
2025
Director
Wedding High
2022
Director
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
Director
Houkago Lost
2014
Director
My Sweet Grappa Remedies
2020
Director
Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story
2012
TV Shows
Director
Shijuukara
2022
Director
Heartbreak on a Plate
2022
Director
I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family
2023
Director
Throw It Away, Adachi
2020
Director
Teruko & Lui
2025
Director
Time Limit Investigator
2006
Director
One Hour Left Until the First Affair
2021
Director
I Had a Dream of That Girl
2020
Full Filmography
Teruko & Lui
Creator
2025–
TV
She Taught Me Serendipity
Director
2025
Film
ゴースト・オブ・レディオ～バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー～
Director
2024
Film
I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family
Director · 10 episodes
2023–
TV
Wedding High
Director
2022
Film
Heartbreak on a Plate
Director · 10 episodes
2022–
TV
Shijuukara
Creator
2022–
TV
One Hour Left Until the First Affair
Director · 2 episodes
2021–
TV
Hold Me Back
Director
2020
Film
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Akiko Ohku and where are they from?
Akiko Ohku is 57 years old, born on October 8, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
What are the most famous roles of Akiko Ohku?
Akiko Ohku is best known for directing Hold Me Back, Tremble All You Want, Tokyo Serendipity.
How many movies has Akiko Ohku directed?
Over a 27-year career (since 1999), Akiko Ohku has directed or written 16 films and worked on 8 TV shows.
What was Akiko Ohku's first movie?
The career of Akiko Ohku began with I Won't Give Up! ().
What is Akiko Ohku's most recent movie or series?
Akiko Ohku's most recent release is Teruko & Lui, which premiered on June 22, 2025.
What TV shows has Akiko Ohku created or directed?
On television, Akiko Ohku has appeared in Time Limit Investigator, I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family, Throw It Away, Adachi, I Had a Dream of That Girl.
Akiko Ohku
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").Akiko Ōku, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.