Noboru Iguchi (井口昇, Iguchi Noboru) (born June 28, 1969) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has worked as a director in adult video (AV) as well as in the horror and gore genres.
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_(30794554172).jpg) Director Noboru Iguchi at the Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Donostia-San Sebastián, 2016 | |
| Born | June 28, 1969 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter Actor |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Website | http://blog.livedoor.jp/iguchinoboru/ |
Life and career
editIguchi was born on June 28, 1969.[1] In an interview he said he was influenced in his work by the ghost houses and freak shows he went to as a child in Japanese play lands, and that his aim in his films is to both entertain and surprise.[2]
Adult videos
editIn his extensive career as an AV director, Iguchi has worked for a number of studios including CineMagic, Big Morkal, Try-Heart, h.m.p and Soft On Demand (SOD). Nana Natsume and Risa Coda have been among the AV Idols featured in his videos.[3] His videos have explored several of the typical Japanese AV genres, from incest for SOD[4] to "nakadashi",[5] bondage,[6] group sex[7] and some enema fetish videos for CineMagic.[8][9]
His video Final Pussy starring Nana Natsume won the Best Rental Video Award at the 2005 SOD Awards.[10] In this January 2005 video, Natsume's character (as the result of a military experiment gone wrong) has guns burst from her breasts when sexually aroused. The special makeup effects were by Yoshihiro Nishimura.[11][12]
Mainstream film
editOne of Iguchi's early movies was Kurushime-san (クルシメさん) which was first released in 1997. Iguchi was screenwriter, editor, cinematographer and director of the black comedy-horror film which won the Encouragement Prize at the 1998 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and starred Aki Arai, Miako Tadano and Tomoko Matsunashi.[13][14]
In 2003, Iguchi wrote and directed the horror comedy A Larva to Love (恋する幼虫, Koi-suru Yōchū) (with effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura) about a strange relationship involving a boy, a girl, and a parasite.[15][16] Iguchi also wrote and directed the February 2006 film Sukeban Boy or Oira Sukeban (おいら女蛮 スケバン, Oira sukeban) with AV star Asami.[17][18] At an interview at the New York Asian Film Festival, Iguchi told of an incident where one of the actresses in the movie, completely unaware of her role, balked at doing action scenes totally naked. According to Iguchi "We had to calm her down, capture her, and convince her to do the job ... We made it so she could not leave the set ... [in] America we would have been sued."[19]
Later in 2006, Iguchi directed Cat-Eyed Boy (猫目小僧, Nekome kozō) based on the manga by Kazuo Umezu.[20][21] The movie, with gravure idol Miku Ishida, Asami Kumakiri, Hiromasa Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka and Kanji Tsuda, was released theatrically in Japan in June 2006, and on DVD in October of the same year.[22]
Iguchi was also both the screenwriter and director for the 2008 action and gore cult film The Machine Girl (片腕マシンガール, Kataude mashin gāru) where he once again teamed up with Yoshihiro Nishimura who did the special effects and makeup effects.[23][24] Iguchi said he wanted to make an action movie with a woman fighting and it started with just an idea of a girl losing her arm and going out for revenge and was originally called "One Armed Big Busty Girl" – the machine gun came later.[2] Iguchi was a special guest at the 2009 and 2010 New York Asian Film Festival.[25]
In 2010, Iguchi directed his largest-budgeted feature, the action film Karate-Robo Zaborgar, based on the popular 1970s television series Denjin Zaborger. He followed it with the scatological horror/comedy Zombie Ass in 2011.[26]
In 2012 he directed the short film Fart for The ABC’s of Death.
Theatrical releases
edit- A Larva to Love (恋する幼虫, Koi-suru Yōchū) (2003)
- Snake Girl (2005)
- Manji (2006)
- Sukeban Boy (Oira sukeban) (2006)
- Cat-Eyed Boy (猫目小僧, Nekome kozō) (2006)
- The Machine Girl (片腕マシンガール, Kataude mashin gāru) (2008)
- RoboGeisha (ロボゲイシャ, Robogeisha) (2009)
- Mutant Girls Squad (戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説, Sentō Shōjo: Chi no Tekkamen Densetsu) (2010)
- Karate-Robo Zaborgar AKA Denjin Zaborger (電人ザボーガー, Denjin Zabōgā) (2011)
- Tomie Unlimited (富江 アンリミテッド, Tomie anrimiteddo) (2011)
- Zombie Ass (ゾンビアス, Zonbiasu) (2011)
- Dead Sushi (デッド寿司, Deddo sushi) (2012)
- Nuigurumaa Z (ヌイグルマーZ) (2014)
- Live (ライヴ) (2014)
- Ghost Squad (ゴーストスクワッド) (2018)
- The Flowers of Evil (2019)
- IDOL NEVER DiES (アイドル・ネバー・ダイ) (2022)
- Tales of Bliss and Heresy (異端の純愛, Itan no junnai) (2023)
References
edit- ^ 井口昇 いぐち・のぼる (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ a b Brown, Todd (February 12, 2008). "When MACHINE GIRL Director Noboru Iguchi Speaks You'd Best Listen Or This Girl Will Smack You Hard!". twitchfilm.net. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Noboru Iguchi 井口昇". Urabon Navigator. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ Otsubo, Kemuta (January 31, 2009). リアルありファンタジーあり近親相姦/1 (in Japanese). AllAbout. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "First Cum-Inside! Excellent Pussy, Yura Aikawa". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "Immoral Angel EX3". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "Everyone Makes Me In Ecstasy!!". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "An Enema is so hard". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "Golden Enema 2". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ Otsubo, Kemuta (December 14, 2005). "速報！ＳＯＤ大賞2005＆「AV OPEN」発表 (2005 SOD Awards and AV Open)" (in Japanese). All About. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Saishû seiki! Natsume Nana - kyûkyoku no erosu". Twitch Film. January 18, 2006. Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "NIPPON EROTICS plus(R18映画最前線)" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. January 12, 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ クルシメさん (1997/日) (in Japanese). CinemaScape. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ クルシメさん (in Japanese). ne.jp/asahi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Koi-suru yôchû (2003)". IMdB. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ 恋する幼虫 (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Oira sukeban (2006)". IMdB. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ おいら女蛮（スケバン）(2006) (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ Ebiri, Bilge (June 30, 2009). "New York Asian Film Fest Guests Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, and Noboru Iguchi ..." New York Magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Nekome kozô (2006)". IMdB. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ 猫目小僧 (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Update on Noboru Iguchi's CAT-EYED BOY (NEKOME KOZÔ)". twitchfilm.net. December 10, 2006. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Kataude mashin gâru (2008)". IMdB. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "片腕マシンガール THE MACHINE GIRL" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Guests". subwaycinema.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ ゾンビアス (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
Sources
edit- Noboru Iguchi at IMDb
- "Noboru Iguchi 井口昇". Urabon Navigator. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- 井口昇 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- 井口昇 いぐち・のぼる (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-07-27.