Ochiai Masayuki

Name: Ochiai Masayuki
Native name: 落合正幸
Also Known as: おちあいまさゆき
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: 1958
Age: 68

Ochiai Masayuki is a Japanese director and screenwriter from Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University College of Art (日本大学芸術学部) and began his career with Kyodo Television (共同テレビジョン) before becoming a freelancer in 2003. In 2012, after a nine-year hiatus, he returned to Kyodo Television.

Ochiai has been married twice. His first wife was Terada Rieko (寺田理恵子), a news announcer for Fuji TV, and his second wife was writer Umeda Mika (梅田みか). He has a daughter, Yurie, from his first marriage, who is a singer in the group Yukarie.

(Source: MyDramaList) Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2003	The Battling Angel	Movie	4.0
2000	Saimin	Drama	5.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2021	Kotodamasou	Drama	7.1
2017	Shukatsu Kazoku - Kitto, Umaku Iku	Drama	7.5
2016	Gu Ra Me! Minister President's Cook	Drama	7.3
2012	Seinaru Kaibutsutachi	Drama	7.1
2011	Piece Vote -Tohyo no Kakera-	Drama	6.8
2010	Thriller Restaurant	Movie	6.4
1997	Parasite Eve	Movie	6.4
1995	BLACK OUT	Drama	0.0
1994	Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo	Drama	7.1
1989	Bizarre Events	Drama	1.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2021	Haru no Noroi	Drama	6.9
2015	Ju-on: The Final	Movie	6.7
2014	Ju-on: Beginning of the End	Movie	6.8
2014	Gakkou no Kaidan: Noroi no Kotodama	Movie	6.1
2010	Kaidan - Horror Classics	Drama	6.8
2005	Dark Tales of Japan: Special Edition	Movie	6.4
2004	Infection	Movie	6.7
2000	Tales of the Unusual	Movie	6.8
2000	One Snowy Night	Movie	0.0
1999	Hypnosis	Movie	6.9

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2014	Monsterz Japanese Movie, 2014, (Unknown)	Unknown	6.8

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2018	Tensai wo Sodateta Nyoubou: Sekai ga Mitometa Suugakusha to Tsuma no Ai	Special	7.8
2013	Kaibutsu	Special	7.1
2008	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2008 SMAP Special	Special	7.5
2005	Last Present	Special	7.2
2003	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2003 Spring Special	Special	6.0
2001	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2001 Fall Special	Special	8.0
2001	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2001 Spring Special	Special	0.0
2000	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2000 Fall Special	Special	0.0
2000	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2000 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1999	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1999 Fall Special	Special	6.0
1998	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1998 Fall Special	Special	0.0
1998	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1998 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1997	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1997 Fall Special	Special	0.0
1997	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1997 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1996	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1996 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1996	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1996 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1995	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1995 Fall Special	Special	0.0
1995	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1995 Spring Special	Special	8.0
1995	Saigo no Kitsuensha	Drama	0.0
1995	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1995 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1994	Kimi Dake ni Ai wo	Drama	0.0
1994	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1994 Fall Special	Special	0.0
1994	Toki no Megami	Special	0.0
1994	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1994 Tanabata Special	Special	0.0
1993	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1993 Midsummer Special	Special	0.0
1993	Tonari no Koe	Drama	0.0
1992	Watashi no Akachan	Special	0.0
1992	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1992 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1992	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1992 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1992	Furueru Ai	Special	0.0
1991	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1991 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1991	Happy Birthday to My Home	Special	0.0
1991	Senso wa Nakatta	Special	0.0
1991	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1991 Fall Special	Special	0.0
1991	Kyukan	Special	0.0
1991	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1991 Spring Special	Special	0.0
1991	Sayonara 6 Nen 2 Gumi	Special	0.0
1991	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1991 Winter Special	Special	0.0
1990	Midnight Call	Special	0.0
1990	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 1990 Fall Special	Special	0.0

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