Yūki Yamato

Yūki Yamato (山戸 結希, Yamato Yūki) (born 1989) is a Japanese screenwriter and director. She has adapted and directed film versions of Hot Gimmick and Drowning Love, and was named Best New Director at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. She has also directed music videos for Nogizaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, and Radwimps.

Yūki Yamato
Yamato in 2018
Native name
山戸 結希
Born1989 (age 31–32)
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • director
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
Notable works
Notable awards

Early life and education

Yamato was born in 1989 in Kariya, Aichi.[1] While studying philosophy at Sophia University, Yamato joined the school's film society and made her first film, titled That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside (あの娘が海辺で踊ってる), in 2012.[2] The film, a story about one summer in the lives of two high school girls, won a Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo Student Film Festival.[3]

Career

Yamato wrote and directed her first major film, titled Count Five to Dream of You (5つ数えれば君の夢, Itsutsu Kazoereba Kimi no Yume) and starring the members of idol group Tokyo Girls' Style as students in a girls' high school preparing for a cultural festival, in 2014.[4] For her work on the film, Yamato was named Best New Director at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards.[5]

Yamato continued her involvement with musical groups by directing music videos for Nogizaka46 member Nanase Nishino's solo song "Gomen ne, zutto",[6] the Nogizaka46 single "Harujion ga Sakukoro",[7] the Radwimps song "Hikari",[8] and the Momoiro Clover Z song "Sweet Wanderer".[9] In 2016, Yamato adapted the George Asakura manga Drowning Love into a film titled Oboreru Knife (溺れるナイフ), starring Nana Komatsu.[10] Yamato chose to adapt the story because young girls could relate to the main character's experiences.[11]

For her third major film, Yamato wrote and directed Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy, a 2019 adaptation of the Miki Aihara manga Hot Gimmick, about a teenager who gets blackmailed by the son of a powerful corporate executive.[12] The film starred Miona Hori, a member of Nogizaka46 whom Yamato had initially met during the filming of the music video for the group's single "Harujion ga Sakukoro".[13] That same year, Yamato organized and produced 21st Century Girl (21世紀の女の子), an anthology of short films by directors born in the 1980s and 1990s.[14]

Recognition

Filmography

See also

References
  1. "刈谷の星" [Stars from Kariya] (PDF) (in Japanese). City of Kariya, Aichi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. 高橋, 天地 (14 March 2014). "少女たちの輝きを残したくて　山戸結希監督　映画「５つ数えれば君の夢」". Sankei Express (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
  3. "上智の現役女子大生・山戸結希監督の処女作、中野で公開へ". Akasaka Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. "東京女子流×山戸結希の映画『5つ数えれば君の夢』、今日マチ子のコラボ漫画も". Cinra.net (in Japanese). 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. "日プロ大賞授賞式、邦画を盛り上げる豪華な顔ぶれが続々登壇で大盛況". Natalie (in Japanese). 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. "乃木坂46、西野七瀬ソロ曲PVを「乃木どこ」でフルサイズ解禁". Natalie (in Japanese). 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  7. "山戸結希：新作はジョージ朝倉原作「溺れるナイフ」　乃木坂46のMV監督がトークショー". MANTAN Web (in Japanese). 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. "RADWIMPS、『人間開花』より「光」MV公開　山戸結希監督が"少女2人の世界"を通して表現". Real Sound (in Japanese). 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  9. "ももクロ×山戸結希、旅する4人を捉えた「Sweet Wanderer」MV". Natalie (in Japanese). 24 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  10. "菅田将暉が小松菜奈につば吐くキスシーンを山戸結希が絶賛、「溺れるナイフ」初日". Natalie (in Japanese). 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  11. "山戸結希監督、『溺れるナイフ』は「未来の女の子の運命を変えていく映画」". Mynavi News (in Japanese). 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  12. "乃木坂・堀未央奈×映像×音楽×セリフ×山戸結希　「ホットギミック」特報＆ポスター完成". Eiga.com News (in Japanese). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  13. "映画「ホットギミック」出演の乃木坂46堀未央奈さん＆山戸結希監督　自分を探す旅のまっただ中にいる女の子たちへ". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  14. "21世紀の女の子". Natalie (in Japanese). 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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