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Shizuka Oishi

おおいし しずか

Oishi Shizuka

Pen Names: Shizuka TakahashiReal name

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-09-15 (Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
screenwriter, essayist, writer, actress
Active Years
1986-2025
Affiliations
Note
Influenced By
Ichiro Miyagawa

Education

Japan Women's University
Faculty of Literature / Department of Japanese Literature
Period: 1970-1974
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: Japan

Awards

Mukoda Kuniko Award
1996
Work: Futarikko
Organization: Mukoda Kuniko Award Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
Hashida Award
1996
Work: Futarikko
Organization: Hashida Cultural Foundation
Result: 受賞
Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival Award Television Division Excellence Award
2008
Work: Koisedomo Aisedomo
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Drama Award Screenplay Award
2011
Work: Second Virgin
Organization: International Drama Festival in Tokyo
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Drama Award Best Serial Drama
2011
Work: Second Virgin
Organization: International Drama Festival in Tokyo
Result: 受賞
Broadcast Woman Award
2010
Work: Second Virgin
Organization: Japan Association of Women Broadcasters
Result: 受賞
The Television Drama Academy Award for Best Screenplay
1995
Work: My Destiny
Organization: The Television Drama Academy
Result: 受賞
The Television Drama Academy Award for Best Screenplay
2018
Work: Great Love: You Who Forgot Me
Organization: The Television Drama Academy
Result: 受賞
Confidence Award Drama Award for Best Screenplay
2019
Work: Great Love: You Who Forgot Me
Organization: Confidence
Result: 受賞
Agency for Cultural Affairs Commissioner Award
2020
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2021
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award
2021
Organization: NHK
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Drama Award Best Serial Drama
2023
Work: On a Starry Night
Organization: International Drama Festival in Tokyo
Result: 受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2024
Organization: Japan Literary Promotion Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Futarikko

1996 TV drama

NHK morning drama series; a representative work of Shizuka Oishi, awarded Mukoda Kuniko Award and Hashida Award.

FamilyDramaLove story

Second Virgin

2010 TV drama

Love story drama aired on NHK that caused a social phenomenon.

RomanceSocial phenomenon
Adaptations
  • [Film] Second Virgin (2011)

Great Love: You Who Forgot Me

2018 TV drama

Drama portraying poignant romance; recipient of The Television Drama Academy Award for Best Screenplay among others.

RomanceDramaTragic love

Bibliography

  • Scenario: Was I Ugly?
  • Thoroughly, Love Is...
  • Actresses in the Audience
  • Futarikko (5 volumes)
  • On a Starry Night Scenario Book
  • Kamakura Pension Story (co-authored)
  • Vingt-Cinq Mariage
  • Aisai
  • Four Lies
  • Was I Ugly?
  • Men Have Faces!
  • Sundai-so Story
  • Cat's Love
  • Seishin (Revised title: The Ultimate Good Woman)
  • Are You Patting?
  • Can't Say Goodbye
  • The Spirit of Japan
  • Profiles of Japan

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Delicate and emotional style centered on love stories
Recurring Motifs
RomanceFamilySocial conflicts

Health

  • Thyroid cancer
    20代半ば
    Continued working while battling cancer in her mid-20s.
  • Caregiving for husband
    2022年12月まで
    Experienced difficulties balancing caregiving and work.

Legacy

Shizuka Oishi is a prominent contemporary Japanese screenwriter highly regarded as a master of love stories. She has received numerous awards and her works have sparked social phenomena.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Screenwriters Guild

Archives

  • NHK Archives

In Popular Culture

  • Has had a significant impact on the television drama industry.

Quotes

  • Only through being moved can people change.
    Source: Peter Shaffer

Trivia

  • Sheltered injured students during the 1970 Security Treaty protests, which influenced her mentally.
  • Her husband was stage director Masatoshi Takahashi.
  • Known as a master of love stories.