Akiko Ohku

Akiko Ōku, also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. 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.