Writer
Yōko Mizuki
1910 – 2003
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1952–1964
- Schools and movements
- Japanese Golden Age
Directors worked with
Biography
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. Her work had received several Best Screenplay Awards from Kinema Junpo, and she 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".
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Awards and honours
National / local
- Kikuchi Kan Prize 1953
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1960
2 films on this site
- Mother (1952) 1952 · Mikio Naruse · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
- Kwaidan 1964 · Masaki Kobayashi · IMDb 7.9 · Writer