Yukiko Takayama
Writing·April 4, 1945·† June 2, 2023 — 78 years old·Tokyo, Japan
Yukiko Takayama (高山 由紀子 (たかやま ゆきこ) (Takayama Yukiko), April 4, 1945, Tokyo, Japan - June 2, 2023, Tokyo, Japan) was a screenwriter and film director of Japan.
The eldest daughter of Japanese painter Takayama Tatsuo. After graduating from Faculty of Literature, Keio University, studying movie screenplay.
In 1975, her own work was adopted as a competition screening for a new Godzilla movie screenwriter for scenario school students by Ishirō Honda, and the screenwriter debuted in "Mechagodzilla's Counterattack" (known internationally as "Terror of Mechagodzilla").
Known For
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2011The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year EnigmaScreenplay · Novel2010If BlessedWriter2004Women Make FilmsSelf1996After the Wind Has GoneDirector · Screenplay1993Koya Choken-bou oboegakiScreenplay1992Godzilla vs. MothraStory1992Anata ga koko ni itehoshiiWriter1991Kamigata KugaizoshiScreenplay1988Ooku: Empress of the TokugawaScreenplay1987Trinacria: Porsche 959Screenplay · Story1985国東物語Screenplay1979GassanWriter1977Monarch: The Big Bear of TallacTVWriter1975Terror of MechagodzillaScreenplay · Story