Yōko Mizuki
Japanese screenwriter (1910-2003) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 92
Yoko Mizuki was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio Naruse.
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Mikio Naruse Directed Mother and Brother and Sister
Tadashi Imai Directed Till We Meet Again (1950)
Sanezumi Fujimoto Produced Husband and Wife (1953)
Masayuki Mori Also in Brother and Sister and Floating Clouds
Chieko Nakakita Also in Mother and Husband and Wife
Eiji Okada Yōko wrote Until We Meet Again and Mother
Daisuke Katō Also in Mother, Floating Clouds and Sudden Rain
Kyōko Kagawa Yōko wrote Mother and Himeyuri no Tô
Yoshiko Kuga Yōko wrote Until We Meet Again (1950)
Ken Uehara Also in Husband and Wife (1953)
Machiko Kyō Also in Brother and Sister and Sweet Sweat
Keiko Kishi Also in Her Brother and Kwaidan
Hideko Takamine Also in Floating Clouds and Untamed Woman
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Untamed Woman and Kwaidan
Osamu Takizawa Also in Till We Meet Again (1950)
Masaki Kobayashi Directed Kwaidan (1965)
Kinuyo Tanaka Also in Mother and Her Brother
Haruko Sugimura Also in Till We Meet Again and Kwaidan
Mariko Okada Also in Husband and Wife and Floating Clouds
Ayako Wakao Yōko wrote A Night to Remember (1962)
Minoru Shibuya Directed The Shrikes (1961)
Susumu Fujita Yōko wrote Himeyuri no Tô (1953)
Eiji Funakoshi Also in Brother and Sister and Freezing Point
Noriko Sengoku Also in Sweet Sweat and Kwaidan
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Her work had received several Best Screenplay Awards from Kinema Junpo and has been described in the book Women Screenwriters: An International Guide as "One of the most important and accomplished Japanese female screenwriters of all time".
