Mana Yasuda
Director
- Date of Birth
- August 21, 1970
- Career
- Mana Yasuda is a movie director and playwright. In 2006 she directed "The Switch to Happiness," where Juri Ueno and Kenji Sawada played roles, and she also wrote its screenplay. She received a Special Woman Director Award at the 16th Japanese Movie Ceitics Award and the Best Script Award at the 2nd Osaka Cinema Festival. An NHK drama “Yasashii Hana (A Tender Flower),” whose script she wrote, participated in the National Arts Festival by Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2000 | All Right | original film also as playwrite |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2001 | Just a Drop of Magic | original film also as playwrite |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2006 | The Switch to Happiness | original film also as playwrite |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2017 | Slight Fever | original film also as playwrite |
| Stream (Live-Action) | 2019 | TUNA－GIRL | original film also as playwrite |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2021 | Parents' Day | original film also as playwrite |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2011 | NHK “Yasashii Hana” (NHK “A Tender Flower”) | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2014 | NHK “Chotto wa, Darazu ni.” (NHK “A Little Bit, with Darazu”) | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2012 | Mainichi Hoso “Kiseki no Hosupisu” Mainichi Broadcasting System “The Miracle Hospice” | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2015 | Theatrical Movie “From Kobe” |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Special Woman Director Award of the Japanese Movie Critics Award | The Switch to Happiness |
| 2007 | Best Script of the Second Osaka Cinema Festival | The Switch to Happiness |