If I Had . . . Then

Mika Yamada is a single never married contract office worker. She lives in a small rental studio apartment. She often wonders what her life would have been if she had behaved differently 'then.' She received a time machine from her "future relative" on her 40th birthday. She went back to the past and behaved differently then her present life changed. She continues to live an altered life.

Mika Yamada is a single never married office worker who lives in a small rental studio. Most of her classmates are married and have children. She often wonders what her life would have been if she had behaved differently 'then.' On her 40th birthday, she received a time machine from her "future relative." She went back to the last date with her college classmate and gave him another chance for his proposal. Then she found herself living as a suburban a housewife. But her husband got killed by a loan shark for her vast shopping debt. So she changed the past back to the original state. It wasn't long before she tried again. She returned to a match-date with a rich man. She found herself in a gorgeous villa as his wife in 2018. However, his head strong live-in mother-in-law controls all household affairs.

Mari Yamaoka is a late newcomer screenwriter, writer, producer and director. She grew up in Japan and went to graduate school in the USA. She started writing scripts in her free time after work and on weekends. She comes up with the visual images of stories in her head. She took film producers and directors courses to make the story into films. She tries to put these visual stories into scripts and novels.