Shutaro Oku

is a Japanese film and stage director.

Biography Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. 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 Ghost in the Shell, titled Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive.

In 2017, Oku directed the first live-action film adaptation 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 Blood-Club Dolls 2. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Junichi Fujisaku.

In November 2019, Oku directed Battles Without Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen, a stage adaptation of the Battles Without Honor and Humanity yakuza film series starring members of the female pop idol group AKB48.

Works Film Year Title Credit Note 2000 KAI-ON Director 2002 The Labor Cop 2003 Japanese Naked Tribe 2004 AKA-SEN 2006 Cain's Descendant 2007 Death of Domomata 2009 USB 2014 Typhoon Family SEIZA 2017 Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story 2018 Blood-Club Dolls 1 Director, Screenplay Co-written with Junichi Fujisaku 2020 Blood-Club Dolls 2

Stage Year Title Credit Note 2005 Tap Man Director 2006 Tap Man × Piano Man Boys Electone Conspiracy Tap man × Piano Man × Movie Man 2007 Hibiki Inamoto + Souun Takeda Live 2008 Yoshida Brothers Live 2008 Yu-Shun Kuroneko 2010 Red Shoes Kimidori Freaks 2011 South Of Heaven Byakuya Silver Spoon 2012 Persona 4 the EVOLUTION 2013 Constellation 2014 Persona 4 Arena 2015 Blood-C: The Last Mind Ghost in the Shell ～GHOST is ALIVE～ 2016 TERROR IN RESONANCE Persona 4 Arena Ultimax 2017 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Spectacle 3DNŌ Heike story「Kumano」「Funabenkei」 2019 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: On'na-tachi no Shitō-hen