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Yoko Okumura is a Japanese-American film director, writer and producer. She is best known for directing the horror film Unseen (2023).
Yoko Okumura is a genre-fluid writer, director, and performer. Born in a Buddhist temple in Japan and raised in the frostbite of Minneapolis, she now lives and works in Los Angeles. She is obsessed with telling rebellious stories through underrepresented perspectives and thrives in the intersection of grit and glamour.
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Yoko Okumura is a filmmaker who creates short films, documentaries and music videos. See her featured work, such as Play, a short film about a woman who escapes from a cult.
Yoko Okumura (she/her) is a writer and director who loves to tell rebellious stories and thrives in the intersection of grit and glamour. She directed the feature thriller UNSEEN for BLUMHOUSE, and episodes of BALL OF TWINE for the horror anthology Sam Raimi's 50 STATES OF FRIGHT.
Mar 7, 2023 · In addition to writing, he has also guest-starred on movie podcasts and even served as a film festival juror. He has covered major events, like Sundance and TIFF, and has been a member of GALECA since 2023. The Asian Cut interviews director Yoko Okumura for her directorial debut, Unseen.
When “Unseen” director Yoko Okumura was growing up as a Japanese-American in Minneapolis, the idea of being a director felt completely anathema to her.
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Mar 6, 2023 · Yoko Okumura talks about her horror/thriller debut, Unseen, starring Midori Francis and Jolene Purdy. She reveals how she cast, shot and edited the film, and how she balanced the tone and genre shifts.