Satoko Okudera Japanese Screenwriter Biography

Satoko Okudera (Japanese: 奥寺佐渡子) is a Japanese screenwriter born in 1966 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. She has established a notable career writing for both feature films and television drama series.

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Filmography

Satoko Okudera has contributed scripts to numerous Japanese cinematic releases spanning various genres.

Selected Film Screenplays

Kokuho (2025)
Hope / Nozomi (2020)
Goodbye / Goodbye: Uso kara Hajimaru Jinsei Kigeki (2020)
Cafe Funiculi Funicula / Coffee ga Samenai Uchi ni (2018)
Maestro! (2015)
The Vancouver Asahi / Vancouver no Asahi (2014)
A Chair on the Plains / Sougen no Isu (2013)
Wolf Children / Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (2012)
The Egoists / Keibetsu (2011)
Rebirth / Youkame no Semi (2011)
Permanent Nobara (2010)
Summer Wars (2009)
Kaidan (2007)
The Vanished / Ame no Machi (2006)
Angel / Tenshi (2006)
Zoo (2005)
OLDK (2004)
Samurai Resurrection / Makai tensho (2003)
Hana (2003)
Concent (2002)

Selected Television Drama Screenplays

In addition to her work in film, Okudera has written screenplays for various television drama series broadcast in Japan.

Lost 10 (TBS / 2026)
Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle / Gekokujo Kyuji (TBS / 2023)
Dearest / Saiai (TBS / 2021)
I Will Not Work Overtime, Period / Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu (TBS / 2019)
Reverse (TBS / 2017)
Testimony of N / N no Tame ni (TBS / 2014)
Ferris Wheel at Night / Yakou Kanransya (TBS / 2013)
Welcome to the High Plains / Kougen e Irasshai (TBS / 2003)