Yukiko Mishima

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Yukiko Mishima
三島有紀子
Yukiko Mishima in 2016
Born (1969-04-22) April 22, 1969 (age 55)
OccupationFilm director
AwardsHochi Film Award, best director, 2017
Websitewww.yukikomishima.com

Yukiko Mishima (Japanese: 三島有紀子) is a Japanese film director born (1969-04-22)April 22, 1969[1][2][3] in Kita-ku, Osaka.

Her first feature film, Shisei: Nihohi tsuki no gotoku, based on the Jun'ichirō Tanizaki story "The Tatooer", was released in 2009.[4] She received best director from the Hochi Film Award in 2017 for Dear Etranger,[3] and Special Grand Prix of the Jury award at the Montreal World Film Festival.[5] Shape of Red, an adaptation of Rio Shimamoto's 2014 novel Reddo, was released in 2020.[5]

She is a graduate of Kobe College.[2]

Filmography[edit]

As director
Screenwriter
  • 破れたハートを売り物に Kowareta Heart wo Urimono ni / Broken Hearts for Sale (2015)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "三島有紀子 Profile(公式より)" [Yukiko Mishima profile (from official)]. PIA Kansai (in Japanese). Tokyo: PIA Corporation. February 10, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "映画監督(神戸女学院大学卒業)三島有紀子さんに聞く" [Interview with film director Yukiko Mishima (graduated from Kobe College)]. Kobe Shimbun (in Japanese).
  3. ^ a b "【報知映画賞】2人目の女性の監督賞に「震えが止まらない」三島有紀子監督" ['Hochi Film Award': Yukiko Mishima is the second woman to win the director's award.]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 2017-11-29. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05.
  4. ^ Mark Schilling (August 30, 2017). "Dear Etranger: When the family drama gets real". Japan Times.
  5. ^ a b Kaori Shoji (February 14, 2020). "'Shape of Red' shows what Japanese women really want". Japan Times.
  6. ^ "Voice". Free Stone Productions. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

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