is a Japanese

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and stage director.

Biography

Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in

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. 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. In 2015, Oku directed the stage play based on 2011 anime series '' Blood-C'', titled ''Blood-C: The Last Mind''. That same year, he directed the stage play of ''

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'', titled '' Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive''. In 2017, Oku directed the first

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for ''Blood-C'', titled '' Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story''. Oku later returned to direct the two live-action films for ''Blood-C'', '' Blood-Club Dolls 1'' and ''

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''. He also co-wrote the screenplay with

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. In November 2019, Oku directed ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen'', a stage adaptation of the ''

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'' yakuza film series starring members of the female pop idol group

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oku, Shutaro Japanese film directors Living people 1975 births Mass media people from Tokyo