is a Japanese screenwriter. She is known for her screenplays in both live-action and anime media. Her 1995 screenplay for School Ghost Stories was nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize. She is best known for her collaborations with anime director Mamoru Hosoda.
Career A graduate of the Literature Department of Tokai University in Tokyo, Okudera did not originally consider a career in screenwriting. Instead, she worked for an oil company until 1991, after which she quit her job and became a full-time writer. After over a decade of work in live-action film and television, Okudera was offered her first animation project: adapting Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel The Girl Who Leapt Through Time for director Mamoru Hosoda. The resulting film received worldwide acclaim and gave her international recognition upon its release in 2006. Okudera again collaborated with Hosoda on his 2009 and 2012 films Summer Wars and Wolf Children.
Awards Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay – Moving (1993) nominated Japan Academy Film Prize Screenplay of the Year – School Ghost Stories (1995) nominated Tokyo Anime Awards Best Screenplay – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) winner, Summer Wars (2009) winner
Works Moving (1993) Human Scramble -RAIN- (1993) Playing with Good Children (1994) School Ghost Stories (1995) Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996) Gakkō no Kaidan 4 (1999) Konsento (2001) Samurai Resurrection (2003) Hana (2003) OLDK. (2004) Tenshi (2006) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) Talk Talk Talk (2007) Kaidan (2007) Miyori no Mori (2007) Summer Wars (2009) Permanent Nobara (2010) Rebirth (2011) The Egoists (2011) The Princess and the Pilot (2011) Wolf Children (2012) Kiki's Delivery Service (2014) The Vancouver Asahi (2014) Maestro! (2015) Cafe Funiculi Funicula (2018) Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu (2019) Kokuho (2025) Lost 10 (2026)
References
External links
Satoko Okudera anime at Media Arts Database