Mipo O / Mipo Oh / 呉美保, b. 1977 (Mie Prefecture)

• screenwriter, director
• Zainichi Korean (3rd generation immigrant family to Japan)
• studied at Osaka University of Arts
• worked as a screenplay editor for 5 years for director Nobuhiko Obayashi
• 2005 the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award for the screenplay "Yomoyama Blues" (ヨモヤマブルース) (announcement)
• Interview on eonet (JP)

Reviews:

• Okan no yomeiri (Nishikata Film Review)
• Okan no yomeiri (Sonatine:Appunti sul cinema giapponese contemporaneo)
• Satoko Otoko Sabi Onna (Mark Schilling, The Japan Times)
• Kim wa ii ko (Mark Schilling, The Japan Times)
• Kimi wa ii ko (Nishikata Film Review)

Interviews:

• Schilling, Mark. "Painful love in decaying Hokkaido port town." The Japan Times. 24 April 2014.