Mayu Akiyama (Director)
Details about Mayu Akiyama are limited at this time. With a growing presence in Director, more information may emerge as their career progresses.
Works
Kamata Prelude
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
Release Date2020-09-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
My Diary
Five young people from different backgrounds and facing unique struggles meet by chance and gradually find a place where they truly belong.
Release Date2024-10-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count9
Vote Count1
Meet the Monkey
Saru ni Au is a 2020 Japanese drama about three college students who want to visit a shrine while a killer is on the loose. Mako, Kiyo, and Satsuki are three college students visiting Nikko Toshogu Shrine for winter vacation, a place said to have many power spots and benefits for romance. Kiyo has had a relationship before, but Mako and Satsuki have never had boyfriends. They meet Akira the fortuneteller on their trip. There is news on the TV of an escaped killer. Will the three make it safely to Nikko?
Release Date2020-04-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
When Spring Comes
Release Date2024-01-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Shinonome Color Weekend
A story about three former broadcasting club members who gathered for the first time in several years to trace the memories of their days at the school building of their old school, Shinome Girls' High School, which was decided to be demolished.
Release Date2021-11-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Rent a Friend
Web magazine editor Mochizuki Nasa meets Yanase Sota who claims to be endowed with a "non-sexual relationship switch". Working as a "rent-a-friend", Sota is hired by Nasa who wants to test out a theory.
Release Date2018-11-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger
Akiko (Mai Fukagawa) is a former idol, but now lives an ordinary life. She works at a company and keeps reminding herself that she is happy and to have a fulfilling day. One day, she walks to work and falls down. She becomes stuck and unable to move. Akiko breaks down mentally and decides to quit her job. Now, Akiko doesn't have a job, a boyfriend, and only 100,000 yen (~$700 USD) in her bank account. Her friend then tells her that she should move in with 56 year old salaryman Sasapon (Arata Iura), who lives alone in his house in Tokyo. When she visits Sasapon, he invites her to stay at his house on the condition that she can live there until his retirement. Their strange living arrangement begins.
Release Date2023-11-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1