Akiko Ohku
Biography
Akiko Εku (ε€§δΉ ζε, Εku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director. Εku 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, Εku 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, Εku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, ζε€γ¨ζ»γͺγͺγ (Igaito shinanai, literally "don't die unexpectedly"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Akiko Εku, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
