Mana Yasuda

Biography

Japanese movie director, screenwriter. A member of Japan Writers Guild. Started her career making 8mm films at the Kobe University Cinema Club. After graduated from Kobe University, YASUDA worked for Panasonic for 10years. In 2006, YASUDA directed and scripted her first commercial film; “The Switch to Happiness”, in which Juri Ueno and Kenji Sawada played the main roles. On this film, YASUDA received; – Special woman Director Award at the 16th Japanese Movie Critics Award – Best Script Award at the 2nd Osaka Cinema Festival. After giving birth to a baby boy in 2006, YASUDA has mainly work…