Akiko OKU 大九明子
甘いお酒でうがい
My Sweet Grappa Remedies
Nippon Cinema ª
Childless office worker Yoshiko is in her forties and confidently navigates her way through life, accompanied by little drinks and basically without friends. Every day, she shares her feelings and observations on life with her diary. These entries, recited by her voice, accompany the film and its poetic scenes of her day-to-day life, as a gentle and carefully woven story of new love unfolds around her. Through Akiko OKU’s masterful staging and Yasuko MATSUYUKI’s subtle acting, the simple things become remarkable and a few moments soon outline the depth of a whole life. Akiko OKU has been drawing precise portraits of women in Japanese society through her films for years and has been featured at Nippon Connection several times.
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About Akiko OKU
大九明子
Akiko OKU, born in Yokohama in 1968, studied at Meiji University and at the Film School of Tokyo. Initially working in television, she directed her debut feature TOKYO SERENDIPITY in 2007, followed by TOKYO NAMELESS GIRL’S STORY (2012), MONSTER (2013), and FANTASTIC GIRLS (2015). Her film TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT (2017 / NC ’18), which won the Audience Award at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival, was screened at Nippon Connection, as were MARRIAGE HUNTING BEAUTY (2018 / NC ’19) and MY SWEET GRAPPA REMEDIES (2019 / NC ’20).