Shutaro Oku (Japanese: 奥 秀太郎, Hepburn: Oku Shūtarō, born in 1975) is a Japanese film and stage director.

Shutaro Oku
奥 秀太郎
Born1975
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Film director, Stage director

Biography

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Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. From 2000 to 2009, Oku directed many theatrical films, notably The Labor Cop, Japanese Naked Tribe, Aka-sen, Cain's Descendant, and USB. He also participated stage productions as visual planner, like Elisabeth and MOZART! for TOHO Musical, The Bee and Egg for NODA MAP productions, 1789, Casablanca for the Takarazuka Revue, and more.[citation needed]

In 2015, Oku directed the stage play based on 2011 anime series Blood-C, titled Blood-C: The Last Mind.[1] That same year, he directed the stage play of Ghost in the Shell, titled Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive.[2]

In 2017, Oku directed the first live-action film adaptation for Blood-C, titled Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story.[3] Oku later returned to direct the two live-action films for Blood-C, Blood-Club Dolls 1 and Blood-Club Dolls 2. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Junichi Fujisaku.[4][5]

In November 2019, Oku directed Battles Without Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen, a stage adaptation of the Battles Without Honor and Humanity yakuza film series starring members of the female pop idol group AKB48.[6]

Works

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Film

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Year Title Credit Note
2000 KAI-ON Director
2002 The Labor Cop
2003 Japanese Naked Tribe
2004 AKA-SEN
2006 Cain's Descendant
2007 Death of Domomata
2009 USB
2014 Typhoon Family
SEIZA
2017 Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story [3]
2018 Blood-Club Dolls 1 Director, Screenplay Co-written with Junichi Fujisaku[4][5]
2020 Blood-Club Dolls 2

Stage

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Year Title Credit Note
2005 Tap Man Director
2006 Tap Man × Piano Man
Boys Electone Conspiracy
Tap man × Piano Man × Movie Man
2007 Hibiki Inamoto + Souun Takeda Live
2008 Yoshida Brothers Live 2008 Yu-Shun
Kuroneko
2010 Red Shoes
Kimidori
Freaks
2011 South Of Heaven
Byakuya
Silver Spoon
2012 Persona 4 the EVOLUTION
2013 Constellation
2014 Persona 4 Arena
2015 Blood-C: The Last Mind [1]
Ghost in the Shell ~GHOST is ALIVE~ [2]
2016 TERROR IN RESONANCE
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2017 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Spectacle 3DNŌ Heike story「Kumano」「Funabenkei」
2019 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen

References

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  1. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (December 26, 2014). "Blood-C Anime Gets Stage Play Next Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Chapman, Paul (August 24, 2015). ""Ghost in the Shell ARISE: GHOST is ALIVE" Stage Play Unveils Kaede Aono as Motoko Kusanagi". Crunchyroll. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "「阿修羅少女~BLOOD-C異聞~」公開は8月、特報映像&前売り特典も公開". Natalie Comic (in Japanese). March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "「BLOOD-C」シリーズ最新作の映画が秋に公開!松村龍之介、北園涼ら出演". Natalie Comic (in Japanese). February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "「BLOOD-CLUB DOLL2」公開日は7月11日に、キービジュアルや予告も到着". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "AKB48グループが昭和の大傑作に挑戦 舞台『仁義なき戦い~彼女(おんな)たちの死闘篇~』のビジュアルが公開" (in Japanese). Spice. October 8, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
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