Keiko Niwa

Keiko Niwa

Birth : , Hyogo, Japan

History

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.

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Keiko Niwa

Movies

Earwig and the Witch
Screenplay
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
When Marnie Was There
Screenplay
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 Hill
Screenplay
Two high schoolers find hope as they fight to save an old wartime era clubhouse from destruction during the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
The Secret World of Arrietty
Writer
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.
Tales from Earthsea
Screenplay
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
Ocean Waves
Writer
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...