Momoko Andō

I have a real soft spot for filmmakers who clearly have something they need to say, and Momoko Andō reads like exactly that to me. A Tokyo kid who went all the way to study in London, then came home to stack up careers as a director, a screenwriter, and an author, that is not someone chasing fame, that is someone chasing meaning. "0.5mm" is the work that put her on my radar, and the fact that it earned a Mainichi Film Award for screenplay tells you the writing was no accident. I picture her as the type who would rather sit quietly behind the camera and watch how people actually behave than grab a spotlight, a Capricorn patience to her craft. There is a stubborn, thoughtful artistry here that I genuinely respect, and I always end up rooting for storytellers like her.

Momoko Andō is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and author born on January 1, 1982, in Tokyo. She studied at the University of London, bringing an internationally informed perspective to her work. She is best known for the film 0.5mm, and in 2015 she received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay. She remains a multi-disciplinary creative figure working across film and literature.

Name (English)

Momoko Andō

Name (Japanese)

安藤桃子

Reading

あんどう ももこ

Born

January 1, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog (戌)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Screenwriter / Author

University

University of London

Awards & achievements

• 2015 — Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://blog.honeyee.com/mando/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/momokoando/
• Xhttps://x.com/momokoando
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E8%97%A4%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Film Director
• Screenwriter
• Author

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.