Makoto Ueda

Biography

Makoto Ueda is a Kyoto-based playwright and screenwriter. He is currently the representative of theater studio EUROPE KIKAKU, and is in charge of directing all performances.

Career Overview

Makoto Ueda has 43 screen credits in a career dating back to 1999. Signature works include The Tatami Time Machine Blues, Penguin Highway, Night Is Short, Walk On Girl. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

43

Birth Date

1979-11-04 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kyoto, Japan

Known For

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  The Tatami Time Machine Blues
• 

  Penguin Highway
• 

  Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
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  You Are the Film
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  Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
• 

  Rewrite

Frequent Collaborators

• Chikara Honda (3 collaborations)
• Hiroyuki Yoshino (2 collaborations)
• Kazuya Nakai (2 collaborations)
• Yuhko Kaida (2 collaborations)
• Junichi Suwabe (2 collaborations)
• Riko Fujitani (2 collaborations)
• Oshirō Maeda (2 collaborations)
• Gota Ishida (2 collaborations)
• Kazunari Tosa (2 collaborations)
• Munenori Nagano (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (28 credits)

  • High School Family

    writer

    writing
    2027
  • You Are the Film

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Stage Play 『The Tatami Galaxy』

    scenario writer

    writing
    2026
  • Sequel: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    theatre play

    writing
    2026
  • Rewrite

    screenplay

    writing
    2025
  • River

    writer

    writing
    2023
  • The Tatami Time Machine Blues

    screenplay

    writing
    2022
  • The Tatami Time Machine Blues

    series composition

    writing

    - Episode 6 (2022) ... series composition writing

    - Episode 5 (2022) ... series composition writing

    - Episode 4 (2022) ... series composition writing

    - Episode 3 (2022) ... series composition writing

    - Episode 2 (2022) ... series composition writing
    2022
  • The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    screenplay

    writing
    2021
  • Meters Away, Worlds Apart

    screenplay

    writing
    2021
  • Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

    screenplay

    writing
    2020
  • Project Dreams - How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar

    screenplay

    writing
    2020
  • Penguin Highway

    screenplay

    writing
    2018
  • Summer Time Machine Once More

    screenplay

    writing
    2018
  • A Seaside Weekly Tabloid

    screenplay

    writing
    2018
  • Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    screenplay

    writing
    2017
  • Marugame Emergency Call

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Bitter Sweet

    screenplay

    writing
    2016
  • A Little Fugue of Love

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • 遊星ブンボーグの接近

    writer

    writing
    2015
  • Howling

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • We're a Bounty Hunter Team!

    scenario writer

    writing
    2014
  • FLY！～平凡なキセキ～

    screenplay

    writing
    2012
  • Time Machine

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • The Tatami Galaxy

    - The End of the 4.5 Tatami Age (2010) ... writer writing

    - The 4.5 Tatami Ideologue (2010) ... writer writing

    - Secret Society "Lucky Cat Chinese Restaurant" (2010) ... writer writing

    - Reading Circle "Sea" (2010) ... writer writing

    - "Hero Show Association" Circle (2010) ... writer writing
    2010
  • Go Find a Psychic!

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • Summer Time Machine Blues

    screenplay

    writing
    2005
  • Summer Time Machine Blues 2005

    screenplay

    writing
    2005

• directing (12 credits)

  • You Are the Film

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Stage Play 『The Tatami Galaxy』

    director

    directing
    2026
  • 来てけつかるべき新世界

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Sequel: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    stage director

    directing
    2026
  • Groovy Sukiyaki

    script supervisor

    directing
    2023
  • The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Summer Time Machine Once More

    director

    directing
    2018
  • A Little Fugue of Love

    director

    directing
    2016
  • 遊星ブンボーグの接近

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Howling

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Time Machine

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Summer Time Machine Blues 2005

    director

    directing
    2005

• production (2 credits)

  • The Hunter

    producer

    production
    2004
  • Little Cheung

    producer

    production
    1999

• actors (1 credits)

  • The Tatami Time Machine Blues

    - Episode 2 (2022) ... Ueda (voice) actor actors
    2022