{"id":2072579,"date":"2025-10-06T15:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2072579"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:56:12","slug":"satoko-okudera-the-screenwriter-behind-japans-2026-oscar-entry-gives-rare-interview-on-how-her-countrys-industry-is-shifting-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/satoko-okudera-the-screenwriter-behind-japans-2026-oscar-entry-gives-rare-interview-on-how-her-countrys-industry-is-shifting-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Satoko Okudera, the Screenwriter Behind Japan\u2019s 2026 Oscar Entry, Gives Rare Interview on How Her Country\u2019s Industry Is Shifting for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">At the close of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0814570\/\">Shinji Somai<\/a>\u2019s seminal childhood portrait \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt24640580\/\">Moving<\/a>\u201d (1993), its young protagonist takes a detour on her way home from school, running lightfooted along the pavement \u2014 and the film\u2019s scrolling credits \u2014 stopping just short of a hop, skip, and jump. A passerby asks where she\u2019s going. \u201cTo the future!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a mantra that the film\u2019s co-screenwriter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0645766\/\">Satoko Okudera<\/a>, has taken to heart. After winning the Japan Academy Prize for Best Screenplay in 1995 for \u201cHaunted School,\u201d she cemented herself along with animator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0396074\/\">Mamoru Hosoda<\/a> when they worked together on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt0808506\/\">The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<\/a>\u201d (2006), an anime sequel to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0875489\/\">Yasutaka Tsutsui<\/a>\u2019s iconic adolescent sci-fi novel. Hosoda and Okudera would go on to collaborate on two further anime features: familial cyberthriller \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt1474276\/\">Summer Wars<\/a>\u201d (2009) and parenthood drama \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt2140203\/\">Wolf Children<\/a>\u201d (2012).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a triple occasion for which to speak with Okudera: Her collaborations with Mamoru&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source m.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the close of Shinji Somai\u2019s seminal childhood portrait \u201cMoving\u201d (1993), its young protagonist takes a detour on her way home from school, running lightfooted along the pavement \u2014 and the film\u2019s scrolling credits \u2014 stopping just short of a hop, skip, and jump. A passerby asks where she\u2019s going. \u201cTo the future!\u201d she said. 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