Yoshiko Sembon

Yoshiko Sembon (; born November 6, 1928 in Dalian) is a Japanese screenwriter and director.

Biography

Yoshiko Sembon was born November 6, 1928, in Dalian, then in the Manchuria region of China. When she was nine, Sembon relocated to Japan with her family and settled down in Tateyama, Chiba. While there, she attended Awa Minami High School. Her father died after the end of World War II and she moved with her mother and sister to Tokyo, where she attended Waseda University's drama school. In 1953, she began working at the newly created Nippon Television. She worked primarily in television but later expanded to film, and continued to work even after retiring from Nippon TV.

Sembon's directorial feature-film debut, Red Whale, White Snake (Akai kujira to shiroi hebi), was released on November 25, 2006 when she was 78 years old. The film was inspired by her childhood in Chiba Prefecture.

Awards

• 1961: First Director Award from the Japan Writers Association
• 1961: Japan Media Arts Festival Encouragement Award for En (')
• 1980: Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Otake shinobu no a! Kono ai nakuba ganbasseyo Kuni-chan (')
• 1980: TV Excellent Individual Award for Otake shinobu no a! Kono ai nakuba ganbasseyo Kuni-chan (')
• 2006: Special Female Director Award at the Japanese Movie Critics Awards for Akai kujira to shiroi hebi (')
• 2007: Fujimoto Newcomer Award for Akai kujira to shiroi hebi (')

• 1980: Otake shinobu no a! Kono ai nakuba ganbasseyo Kuni-chan (')
• 1981: Haha taru koto wa jigoku no gotoku (')
• 1981: Yama o hashiru on'na (')
• 1983: Kiri no hata (')
• 1987: Akai yÅ«hi no daichi de ― ieji ― (')
• 1988: Nagasaki (')
• 1995: Hito sarai (')
• 1999: Suki? (')
• 2006: Akai kujira to shiroi hebi (')

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