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. There is a stubborn, thoughtful artistry here that I genuinely respect, and I always end up rooting for storytellers like her.

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Momoko Andō is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and author born in 1982 in Tokyo. She is the daughter of actor Eiji Okuda and essayist Kazu Ando and the elder sister of actress Sakura Ando; she graduated from the University of London and studied filmmaking at New York University. She is best known for the film 0.5mm, and in 2015 she received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay. She made her directorial debut in 2010 with Kakera: A Piece of Our Life.

Name (English)

Momoko Andō

Name (Japanese)

安藤桃子

Reading

あんどう ももこ

Born

March 19, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Screenwriter / Author

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

University

University of London

Awards & achievements

• 2015 — Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

Filmography / notable works

• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18338605

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Film Director
• Screenwriter
• Author

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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