Writing

Keiko Niwa

Keiko Niwa (丹羽 圭子, Niwa Keiko) is a Japanese editor and screenwriter born in Hyogo prefecture. She sometimes uses the name of Kaori Nakamura (中村 香, Nakamura Kaori) as her pseudonym.

Known For

The Secret World of ArriettyThe Secret World of Arrietty · 2010
The Secret World of Arrietty
7.72010
MovieFantasyAnimation
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
When Marnie Was ThereWhen Marnie Was There · 2014
When Marnie Was There
7.92014
MovieAnimationDrama
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
From Up on Poppy HillFrom Up on Poppy Hill · 2011
From Up on Poppy Hill
7.52011
MovieAnimationDrama
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
Tales from EarthseaTales from Earthsea · 2006
Tales from Earthsea
6.52006
MovieAnimationFantasy
As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.
Earwig and the WitchEarwig and the Witch · 2021
Earwig and the Witch
5.92021
MovieAnimationFantasy
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
Ocean WavesOcean Waves · 1993
Ocean Waves
6.41993
MovieAnimationDrama
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

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