Mako Watanabe Japanese Screenwriter Profile and Filmography

Mako Watanabe (Japanese: 渡邉真子) is a Japanese screenwriter known for her work across television drama series and feature films.

Career and Major Works

Watanabe has contributed scripts to numerous television series broadcast across major Japanese networks such as Nippon Television (NTV), Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), and NHK. Her portfolio spans multiple genres, including romance, drama, and mystery.

Among her notable television drama credits are An Incurable Case of Love (TBS, 2020), Tall Order (NTV, 2022), Turn To Me Mukai-kun (NTV, 2023), Sensei Sayounara (NTV, 2024), Murderous Encounter (NTV, 2025), and Kokuhaku (NTV, 2026).

In addition to television, Watanabe has worked on feature films, writing the screenplay for the 2022 film The Last 10 Years (Yomei 10 Nen) and the 2019 film Rin.

Filmography

Movies

The Last 10 Years | Yomei 10 Nen (2022)
Rin (2019)

Television Drama Series

Kokuhaku | Kokuhaku: 25 nenme no Himitsu (NTV / 2026)
Murderous Encounter | Koi wa Yami (NTV / 2025)
Sensei Sayounara (NTV / 2024)
Turn To Me Mukai-kun | Kocchi Muite yo Mukai-kun (NTV / 2023)
Tall Order | Muchaburi!: Watashi ga Shachou ni Naru nante (NTV / 2022)
An Incurable Case of Love | Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomademo (TBS / 2020)
Ichiokuen no Sayonara (NHK / 2020)
The Day Monroe Died | Monro ga Shinda Hi (NHK / 2019)
Way Too Kawaii | Pretty ga Oosugiru (NTV / 2018)
Love Catharsis | Seisei Suruhodo, Aishiteru (TBS / 2016)
How Bad Can We Get? | Akutotachi wa Senri o Hashiru (TBS / 2016)
High School Chorus | Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu! (TBS / 2015)