Watanabe Aya

  • Name: Watanabe Aya
  • Native name: 渡辺あや
  • Also Known as: わたなべ あや
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: February 18, 1970
  • Age: 55
Watanabe Aya is a Japanese screenwriter from Hyogo prefecture. She graduated from Konan Women's University. After graduating from college, she spent five years in Germany. Later, she got married and lived in Shimane prefecture while running a grocery store.

In 1999, she applied for the scenario entry section "Shinonbori" (present · Ghibel Communication Playworks) for the movie by a director Shunji Iwai.

In 2003, she made the screenplay debut with "Jose, Tiger and Fish."

She lives now in Shimane prefecture with her husband and two children even after becoming a professional screenwriter. Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
2022 Elpis: Kibou, Aruiwa Wazawai
Drama
7.6
2021 Backlight
Movie
5.9
2021 Ima Koko ni Aru Kiki to Boku no Kokando ni Tsuite
Drama
7.5
2020 Josee
Movie
7.5
2020 Wonderwall
Movie
7.1
2015 Gassoh
Movie
6.9
2014 Long Goodbye
Drama
7.5
2011 Carnation
Drama
7.8
2009 Boat
Movie
6.7
2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village
Movie
7.3
2005 La Maison de Himiko
Movie
7.0
2004 Thirty Lies or So
Movie
6.3
2003 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Movie
7.3
Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
2019 A Stranger in Shanghai
Special
7.6
2018 Wonderwall
Special
7.1
2011 Sono Machi no Kodomo
Special
8.0
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  • Native name: 渡辺あや
  • Also Known as: わたなべ あや
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: February 18, 1970
  • Age: 55

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