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name: "Satoko Okudera"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "16 February 1966"
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# Satoko Okudera

Screenwriter. Born 16 February 1966 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 16 February 1966, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** Sadoko Okuji, 奥寺 佐渡子, Okudera Satoko
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2256932, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0645766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81721

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wolf Children*](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md) (81)

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## Biography

Satoko Okudera is a Japanese screenwriter. She is known for her work on both live-action films and anime, including several collaborations with director Mamoru Hosoda.

Okudera graduated from the Literature Department of Tokai University in Tokyo. She worked for an oil company until 1991 before becoming a full-time writer. Her early screenplays include *Moving* (1993) and *School Ghost Stories* (1995), the latter nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Best Screenplay.

She wrote the screenplays for Hosoda's *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2006), *Summer Wars* (2009) and *Wolf Children* (2012). Other credits include *The Princess and the Pilot* (2011), *Kiki's Delivery Service* (2014) and *Cafe Funiculi Funicula* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wolf Children* (2012), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md)

## Also known for

- *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* (2006), Screenplay
- *Summer Wars* (2009), Screenplay
- *The Princess and the Pilot* (2011), Screenplay
- *Kokuho* (2025), Screenplay
- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (2014), Screenplay
- *Moving* (1993), Screenplay
- *Cafe Funiculi Funicula* (2018), Screenplay

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