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Kosuke Mukai

Kosuke Mukai (向井康介) is a Japanese screenwriter who has maintained a prolific career in the Japanese film and television industry. He is recognized for his work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from independent films to mainstream dramas.

Kosuke Mukai
Kosuke Mukai

Career

Mukai has been active as a screenwriter since the early 2000s. His filmography includes collaborations with various directors on projects such as Linda Linda Linda (2005), Gukoroku: Traces of Sin (2017), and A Man (2022). In addition to his feature film work, he has contributed to several television drama series, most notably the Midnight Diner (Shinya Shokudo) franchise.

Selected Filmography

Screenwriting (Feature Films)

  • No One's Ark (2003)
  • Ramblers (2004)
  • Linda Linda Linda (2005)
  • The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2007)
  • Shindo (2007)
  • My Back Page (2011)
  • The Cowards Who Looked To The Sky (2012)
  • Girl In The Sunny Place (2013)
  • Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
  • Crows Explode (2014)
  • Piece of Cake (2015)
  • Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (2016)
  • Gukoroku: Traces of Sin (2017)
  • Hard-Core (2018)
  • My Name is Yours (2020)
  • A Man (2022)
  • My Broken Mariko (2022)
  • A Bad Summer (2025)

Television

  • Camouflage (2008)
  • Midnight Diner (2009)
  • Midnight Diner 2 (2011)
  • Midnight Diner 3 (2014)
  • Hitoshi Ueki and His Pupil (2017)
  • Hana Sugisaki's Filming Break (2023)
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