Eriko Kitagawa (北川 悦吏子) (born December 24, 1961) is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. She is best known for writing Japanese television dramas, notably Long Vacation (1996), Beautiful Life (2000), Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi (2002), and Orange Days (2004).
In 2009, Kitagawa made her directorial debut in the coming-of-age film Halfway, which she also wrote and co-edited. She then wrote and directed the 2012 film I Have to Buy New Shoes, a contemporary romantic comedy set in Paris. Both films were produced by her friend Shunji Iwai, and Kitagawa appeared in his 2011 documentary Friends after 3.11, which explores the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari ("Tales of the Unusual") (Fuji TV, 1991–1996)
Panasonic Special もっと、ときめきを －ふたりまでの距離－ (Nippon TV, 1992)
ぼくが医者をやめた理由 (TV Tokyo, 1990) (co-written)
Sugao no Mama de ("Just the Way We Are") (Fuji TV, 1992)
Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta ("Who Stole My Heart") (Fuji TV, 1992)
Chance! (Fuji TV, 1993) (episodes 1, 4, 7, 10, 12)
Asunaro Hakusho (Fuji TV, 1993)
Kimi to Ita Natsu ("A Summer With You") (Fuji TV, 1994)
Aishiteiru to Itte Kure ("Tell Me You Love Me") (TBS, 1995)
Saigo no Koi ("A Forever Love") (TBS, 1997)
Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi ("A Million Stars Falling from the Sky") (Fuji TV, 2002)
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi ("Just One Love") (NTV, 2006)
Heaven's Postman (SBS/TV Asahi, 2010)
Sunao ni Narenakute ("Hard to Say I Love You") (Fuji TV, 2010)
Okaasan no Saigo no Ichinichi (TV Asahi, 2010)