Akiko Ōku

Further films by Ōku include 美人が婚活してみたら Bijin ga konkatsu shite mitara / Marriage Hunting Beauty (2019, based on the manga by Arako Toaru) and 私をくいとめて Watashi wo kuitomete / Hold Me Back (2020, based on the novel by Risa Wataya).

勝手にふるえてろ (Katte ni furuetero) is a romantic comedy released in 2017. It won the Audience Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival, and its leading actress Mayu Matsuoka was nominated for a Japan Academy Film Prize.

Fantastic Girls (original title でーれーガールズ Dērē gāruzu) was released in 2015. It is adapted from the novel of the same title by Maha Harada. The word dērē in the title is Okayama dialect and means "very". The story is about two high-school friends in 1980 who reunite 30 years later.

Lost After School (original title 放課後ロスト Hōkago rosuto) is an anthology film released in 2014 consisting of three episodes about high school girls. The film is based on the shōjo manga World Gaze Clips by Ran Igarashi. Each episode was directed by a different female director, the other directors besides Ōku being Chihiro Amano and Ai Nagura. Ōku's segment is titled 倍音 (baion, literally "overtones").

While still at film school, Ōku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, 意外と死なない (Igaito shinanai, literally "don't die unexpectedly"). The film was released in 1999. It is about an elementary school teacher troubled by pupils, parents, colleagues and a stalker.

Akiko Ōku (大九 明子, Ōku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director.