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Mana Yasuda

Mana Yasuda

Directing

Biography

Japanese movie director, screenwriter. A member of Japan Writers Guild. Started her career making 8mm films at the Kobe University Cinema Club. After graduated from Kobe University, YASUDA worked for Panasonic for 10years. In 2006, YASUDA directed and scripted her first commercial film; “The Switch to Happiness”, in which Juri Ueno and Kenji Sawada played the main roles. On this film, YASUDA received; – Special woman Director Award at the 16th Japanese Movie Critics Award – Best Script Award at the 2nd Osaka Cinema Festival. After giving birth to a baby boy in 2006, YASUDA has mainly worked on scriptwriting. During these years, many dramas with YASUDA’s script, for example; – “Yasashii Hana (A Tender Flower)” (Broadcasted on NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation) – “Osaka Loop-line part2 Ashiharabashi Station — DADADA yuute DON”( Broadcasted on Kansai Television Co. Ltd.) participated in the National Arts Festival by Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. YASUDA came back to filming “Slight Fever”(2017), in directing and scriptwriting. In 2019, YASUDA directed and worked on scriptwriting “TUNA GIRL”, currently broadcasting on both Netflix and iFlix. YASUDA’s films have been highly regarded, especially for its original scripts created by in-depth researches and interviews, also for its “Real Life Sized” storytelling.

Known For

Switch of Happiness
8.0

Through this movie, you can find Your own 'Switch to Happiness'. Heartwarming story of stubborn father and his three daughters at a small electric appliance store in a country town of Japan, finding their love and bond after the storms. Starring Juri Ueno and Kenji Sawada, as the daughter and the father.

Switch of Happiness

2006
Tuna Girl
5.8

A clumsy but cheerful fisheries student struggles to find her place at a research institute renowned for its tuna cultivation. The work isn't easy.

Tuna Girl

2019
Slight Fever
10.0

Wakana is a 17-year-old high school student who loves to cook. She enjoys peaceful days with her family and friends, but sometimes she senses delicate changes among people around her. Wakana meets office worker Mizuho through social media where she can talk about her worries, but Mizuho turns out to be a person Wakana never expected to be.

Slight Fever

2017
Kobe Zaiju: The Movie
N/A

Kei (Izumi Fujimoto) is a 19-year-old college art major. She moves to Kobe from Tokyo due to her father's work transfer. There, she learns about the Great Hanshin Earthquake from residents in Kobe. Kei meets a wheelchair bound illustrator, Yoji (Eiji Sugawara). Even though he is physically disabled, he works hard. With earnings he makes from his paintings, he donates the proceeds to help revive various areas still suffering from the earthquake disaster. Kei becomes inspired by him and goes through a change.

Kobe Zaiju: The Movie

2015
Cat-Eyed Boy
2.0

A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.

Cat-Eyed Boy

2006
Noodle Doodle
N/A

A New Japan Movie froma Yamataka

Noodle Doodle

2023
Parent's Day
N/A

In Japan, parents’ days are held several times a year for parents to observe classes at school. In this experimental and moving short film, the exact same conversation about parents’ day is repeated in five different households.

Parent's Day

2021
Bella Grazie
N/A

A broken-hearted woman, an eccentric man and a lonely owner. Three has met at an Italian restaurant closing down. Comical yet sad… a short story of one single night.

Bella Grazie

2004
Just a Drop of Magic
N/A

Mew, the inferior witch living in an amusement park, is always jealous with happy human couples, despite of being succeeded to acquire the wonderful magic that tells her who loves whom.

Just a Drop of Magic

2001
Cultivating the Seas: History and Future of the Full-Cycle Cultured Kindai Tuna
6.0

An in-depth look at the full-cycle breeding program for bluefin Kindai tuna pioneered by Kinki University’s Aqua Culture Research Institute.

Cultivating the Seas: History and Future of the Full-Cycle Cultured Kindai Tuna

2019
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A book ordered eight years ago and a sensitive short drama about the fate of an old friend.

The Forgotten Papers

1996
Old Man Rhapsody
N/A

A comedy drama about an unmotivated new employee and the ghost of a hot-blooded section manager.

Old Man Rhapsody

1995
Hito-Chigai
N/A

In broad daylight, unknown woman called out to me. She began to stalk me obstinately...

Hito-Chigai

1994
Japanese-style Paella
10.0

A woman who aspires to be a makeup artist meets a country girl at an old farmhouse.

Japanese-style Paella

1997
Kojirasete Okujou
4.0

A short film by Mana Yasuda.

Kojirasete Okujou

2022
All Right
10.0

A drama depicting an office lady who is not good at communicating with others, but changes after reuniting with her high school classmates.

All Right

2001
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1992 short film

Wattsu gôin on?

1992
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1995 short film.

Waya burabô!

1995
Harenochi zakuzaku
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2000 short film

Harenochi zakuzaku

2000
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1998 short film

Kizuoto

1998