Yukiko Mishima () is a Japanese film director born 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. She received best director from the Hochi Film Award in 2017 for Dear Etranger, and Special Grand Prix of the Jury award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Shape of Red, an adaptation of Rio Shimamoto's 2014 novel Reddo, was released in 2020.
She is a graduate of Kobe College.
Filmography As director Shisei: Nihohi tsuki no gotoku (2009) Bread of Happiness (2012) A Drop of the Grapevine (2014) A Stitch of Life (2015) Night's Tightrope (2016) Dear Etranger (2017) The Antique: Secret of the Old Books (2018) Shape of Red (2020) Voice (2024) Two Cigarettes, Three Nights (2026)
Screenwriter 破れたハートを売り物に Kowareta Heart wo Urimono ni / Broken Hearts for Sale (2015)
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