Most of her scripts focus on day-to-day family life and relationships.

She won the 83rd Naoki Prize (1980上) for her short stories "Hanano Namae", "Kawauso" and "Inugoya.

"[1] Mukōda was born in Tokyo, and moved around Japan in her early life due to her father's job.

On August 22, 1981, she died on Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 when it crashed in Taiwan.

[2] The trio of stories for which she was awarded the Naoki prize were later published in the collection Omoide toranpu.