---
name: "Hikari"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hikari"
fi1m_id: "hikari"
imdb_id: "nm1586248"
tmdb_id: 1264682
wikidata_id: "Q110403014"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:19:58.580210+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hikari

## Identity

Hikari

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hikari
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hikari
- **IMDb ID:** nm1586248
- **TMDB ID:** 1264682
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110403014
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikari_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110403014, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1586248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1264682

Director. Born 1 January 1976 in Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Osaka, Japan
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Mitsuyo Miyazaki,  Kiyoka Miyazaki, 宮崎光代
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikari_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110403014, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1586248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1264682

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hikari (born Mitsuyo Miyazaki, also credited as Kiyoka Miyazaki or 宮崎光代) is a Japanese filmmaker who works as a director, writer and producer. Born in Osaka, she moved to the United States at the age of 17. She earned a BSc from Southern Utah University in 1999 and an MFA in Film and Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2011.

Her feature debut *37 Seconds* (2019), which she wrote, directed and produced, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Panorama Audience Award. She directed episodes of the series *Tokyo Vice* (2022) and *BEEF* (2023). Hikari co-wrote (with Stephen Blahut), directed and produced the 2025 film *Rental Family*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tokyoweekender.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, Writer, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rental Family* (2025), Director, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *BEEF* (2023), series, Director
- *Tokyo Vice* (2022), series, Director
- *37 Seconds* (2019), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *A Better Tomorrow* (2013), Director
- *Tsuyako* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), as Spring Festival Dancer
- *10-8: Officers on Duty* (2003), series, as Tenant #2
- *Eleanor & Park*, Director
- *Dan and Sam*, Director
- *Foster the Snowman*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Hikari](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-da2189c841a3.jpg) Hikari — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hikari_at_Berlinale_2026-1.jpg/1280px-Hikari_at_Berlinale_2026-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-671b50b51930.jpg) Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hikari_%2855229858272%29.jpg/1280px-Hikari_%2855229858272%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-e88d4f2cd715.jpg) Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hikari_%2855229858302%29.jpg/1280px-Hikari_%2855229858302%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-408681357636.jpg) Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hikari_%2855229858427%29.jpg/1280px-Hikari_%2855229858427%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-fb0a304ddeda.jpg) Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Hikari_%2855230768491%29.jpg/1280px-Hikari_%2855230768491%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/7371/gallery-fc61f320b9da.jpg) Hikari on the red carpet at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at the 2026 CinemaCon at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Hikari_%2855230768656%29.jpg/1280px-Hikari_%2855230768656%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/hikari