Shigeko Uchida (内田 滋子 Uchida Shigeko), known by the pen name Shungiku Uchida (内田春菊 Uchida Shungiku), is a Japanese cartoonist, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, actress and singer. She rose to fame in the 80's and early 90's, through her manga, drawn in a simplistic style and blending humour, sex and various social themes. Her semi-autobiographical novel 'Fatherfucker', among other things depicting the abuses she received as a teenager from her step father, became a best-seller. Besides some original screenplays, many of her books have been adapted into movies and tv. Uchida herself has starred as an actress in a number of these productions.