Yoshikazu Okada movies and tv shows: he is affiliated with U.F.O. Company. He is a screenwriter born on February 11, 1959 in Mitaka, Tokyo. He has written films such as Space Travelers (2000), Be with You (2004), Oppai Volleyball (2009), If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016), The 8-Year Engagement (2017), Snow Flower (2019), and The Last 10 Years (2022). His television appearances include the dramas Beach Boys (1997), the NHK Asadora Churasan (2001), the NHK Asadora Ohisama (2011), the NHK Asadora Hiyokko (2017), the NHK drama Sayonara Watashi (2014), and Beyond Goodbye (2024). He has won multiple awards including the 20th Kuniko Mukoda Prize and the 10th Hashida Prize for Churasan (2001), the 65th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Sayonara Watashi (2005), and the 26th Hashida Prize for Hiyokko (2018). He received the Purple Ribbon Medal in 2019.