Yukiko Mishima

Yukiko Mishima
三島有紀子
Yukiko Mishima in 2016
Born (1969-04-22) April 22, 1969
OccupationFilm director
AwardsHochi Film Award, best director, 2017
Websitewww.yukikomishima.com

Yukiko Mishima (Japanese: 三島有紀子) is a Japanese film director born April 22, 1969 in Kita-ku, Osaka.

Her first feature film, Shisei: Nihohi tsuki no gotoku, based on the Jun'ichirō Tanizaki story "The Tatooer", was released in 2009. She received best director from the Hochi Film Award in 2017 for Dear Etranger, and Special Grand Prix of the Jury award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Shape of Red, an adaptation of Rio Shimamoto's 2014 novel Reddo, was released in 2020.

She is a graduate of Kobe College.