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Taka Atsugi (厚木たか, born March 3, 1907 - 1998)was a Japanese film director, screen writer, and activist. She is well known for her translation of Paul Rotha's Documentary Film (1952) into Japanese.

Biography
Atsugi continued to write her autobiography until she died. However, there is not much personal information to be taken from it.

Born Matsue Okada, she adopted the name Taka Atsugi initially to avoid the Japanese police.

She was a member of the Proletarian Film League of Japan (aka Prokino).