Momoko Andō
Awards Best Screenplay (0.5 mm) born March 19, 1982 is a Japanese film director and novelist.
Also recorded as Momoko Ando · Momoko Andou
Momoko Andō

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Ando Momoko as the Festival Navigator at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Momoko Ando
- Born
- 19 March 1982
- Education
- University of London
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Awards
- 69th Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay (0.5 mm) born March 19, 1982 is a Japanese film director and novelist.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Known for
- 0.5 mm
- Honours
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Momoko Ando • Native Name — 安藤 桃子 • Born — 19 March 1982 • Education — University of London • Occupation — * Film director • novelist • Years Active — 2010–present • Father — Eiji Okuda • Children — 1 • Mother — Kazu Ando • Awards — 69th Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay (0.5 mm) born March 19, 1982 is a Japanese film director and novelist.
Life and career
Life and career
Ando's father is actor Eiji Okuda and her mother the essayist Kazu Ando. She studied in the United Kingdom, and graduated from the University of London's Faculty of Arts. Later on, Ando went to New York University and learned film making, and started working as supervisory assistant. In 2010, she made her directorial debut with the film Kakera: A Piece of Our Life based on a manga. In 2011, Ando wrote the novel 0.5 mm. On March 14, 2014, Ando announced that she had married a non-celebrity. Simultaneously, she announced her pregnancy with her first child. Ando gave birth to the couple's first child in March 2015. In the same year, Ando made her novel 0.5 mm into the film of the same name, and served as the screenwriter and director. The film starred her sister Sakura Ando. The movie was filmed in Kōchi, Kōchi.
Novels
Novels
• Year — Title — Notes — Ref. • 2011 — 0.5 mm • 2014 — Counter Illumination — First appeared in Gunzo
Filmography
Filmography
• Title — Network — Notes • Heart Net TV — NHK-E — Regular "Break Through" corner MC
Radio
Radio
• Year — Title — Network — Notes • 2016 — Magazine House Radiofast — J-Wave — Navigator
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• Year — Title — Notes • 2015 — Uniqlo outerwear "Outer wa, anatada" — Co-starred with her sister Sakura Ando
Films
※Directorial works only • Year — Title — Notes • 2010 — Kakera: A Piece of Our Life — Also wrote the screenplay • 2014 — 0.5 mm — Also wrote the screenplay; second place at the 88th Kinema Junpo Best Ten
Awards
• Award — Work — Ref. • 69th Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay — 0.5 mm • 18th New Asian Talent Award Best Director • 18th New Asian Talent Award Best Outstanding Screenplay

第36回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングイベント レッドカーペット 安藤桃子 (フェスティバル・ナビゲーター)
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Ando Momoko as the Festival Navigator at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
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- 1.Soup Stock Tokyo. Vol.50 安藤 桃子さん. スープフレンズ.
- 2.Sharp, Jasper. Midnight Eye interview: Momoko Ando. Midnight Eye. 29 March 2010.
- 3.MOMOKO ANDO BLOG.
- 4.Schilling, Mark. There's always a missing piece. The Japan Times. 2 April 2010.
- 5.Hochi Shimbun. 奥田瑛二の長女・安藤桃子が結婚&妊娠6か月. Sports Hochi. 29 October 2014.
- 6.安藤桃子監督&安藤サクラ姉妹、摩擦を補う"最強"コンビで挑んだ「0.5ミリ」. Eiga.com. 21 October 2014.
- 7.Hochi Shimbun. 安藤桃子監督、映画館作っちゃう!移住の高知に文化根付かせたい. Sports Hochi. 4 October 2014.
- 8.Kodansha Book Club. 変愛小説集 日本作家編.
- 9.『私の男』に日本映画大賞!第69回毎日映画コンクール発表!. Cinema Today.
- 10.安藤桃子監督、妹・サクラ主演『0.5ミリ』で上海国際映画祭・アジア新人賞最優秀監督賞!. Cinema Today. 20 June 2015.
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