Yūdai Yamaguchi (山口 雄大, Yamaguchi Yūdai, born 1971) is a Japanese film director who has worked mainly in the comedy and horror genres. He has "made a name for himself by mixing goofy gore with manga-esque escapades and plain utter weirdness".[1]
Yamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the Japan Academy of Moving Images (日本映画学校, Nihon Eiga Gakkō). After graduation he won a number of awards at independent film festivals.[2] In 2000 he co-wrote (with director Ryuhei Kitamura) the action-horror film Versus (VERSUS ヴァーサス) starring Tak Sakaguchi. Yamaguchi was also a second-unit director on the movie.[3][4]
He made his debut as a feature film director with Battlefield Baseball released theatrically in July 2003.[5][6] This horror-sports-comedy again starred Tak Sakaguchi and the film won the Grand Prize at the 14th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 2003. Yamaguchi was a guest at the festival.[2] He followed this in 2004 with Babaa Zone, a compilation of five short skits in collaboration with manga artist Gatarō Man.[7] In late 2004, Yamaguchi was one of the directors of Takashi Shimizu's comedy-horror TV series The Great Horror Family (怪奇大家族, Kaiki daikazoku).[8]
As with Battlefield Baseball, his next feature, Cromartie High - The Movie from July 2005, was based on a manga series (Cromartie High School).[9][10] This episodic comedy, which made its New York premiere at the 2006 New York Asian Film Festival, revolves around the hapless Cromartie High with a student body composed of thugs, yakuza look-alikes, a giant, a gorilla and an obnoxious robot. Kamiyama, seemingly the only normal student, tries to improve things - but then the aliens invade.[11]
Yamaguchi's September 2006 film Meatball Machine, which he co-directed with Jun'ichi Yamamoto based on an earlier film by Yamamoto, has aliens taking over human bodies and turning them into bio-mechanical monsters.[12][13] In August 2008, Yamaguchi released Tamami: The Baby's Curse,[14][15] a horror story about a monster-baby which is a more subdued work than his previous manic comedy efforts.[1] Along with Noboru Iguchi, Yamaguchi directed the fake TV commercials for good friend Yoshihiro Nishimura's cult horror film Tokyo Gore Police after Yamaguchi suggested that it might balance out the dark tone of the movie.[16]
In a change of pace, Yamaguchi left the horror aspects behind to direct a straight comedy in the February 2009 release Elite Yankee Saburo with special makeup effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura.[17][18] The film followed a Japanese TV comedy shown on TV Tokyo in 2007 which was itself based on a manga by Shuji Abe about a nerdy boy entering high school who because his older brothers were delinquents is also labeled a troublemaker - an "elite yankee". The movie retained the original cast from the TV series including lead actor Hideo Ishiguro.[19]
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Yudai Yamaguchi 山口 雄大 Yamaguchi Yudai born 1971 is a Japanese film director who has worked mainly in the comedy and horror genres He has made a name for himself by mixing goofy gore with manga esque escapades and plain utter weirdness 1 Yudai YamaguchiBorn1971 age 52 53 JapanOccupation s Film directorScreenwriterYears active1999 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 3 1 Bibliography 4 External linksLife and career editYamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the Japan Academy of Moving Images 日本映画学校 Nihon Eiga Gakkō After graduation he won a number of awards at independent film festivals 2 In 2000 he co wrote with director Ryuhei Kitamura the action horror film Versus VERSUS ヴァーサス starring Tak Sakaguchi Yamaguchi was also a second unit director on the movie 3 4 He made his debut as a feature film director with Battlefield Baseball released theatrically in July 2003 5 6 This horror sports comedy again starred Tak Sakaguchi and the film won the Grand Prize at the 14th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 2003 Yamaguchi was a guest at the festival 2 He followed this in 2004 with Babaa Zone a compilation of five short skits in collaboration with manga artist Gatarō Man 7 In late 2004 Yamaguchi was one of the directors of Takashi Shimizu s comedy horror TV series The Great Horror Family 怪奇大家族 Kaiki daikazoku 8 As with Battlefield Baseball his next feature Cromartie High The Movie from July 2005 was based on a manga series Cromartie High School 9 10 This episodic comedy which made its New York premiere at the 2006 New York Asian Film Festival revolves around the hapless Cromartie High with a student body composed of thugs yakuza look alikes a giant a gorilla and an obnoxious robot Kamiyama seemingly the only normal student tries to improve things but then the aliens invade 11 Yamaguchi s September 2006 film Meatball Machine which he co directed with Jun ichi Yamamoto based on an earlier film by Yamamoto has aliens taking over human bodies and turning them into bio mechanical monsters 12 13 In August 2008 Yamaguchi released Tamami The Baby s Curse 14 15 a horror story about a monster baby which is a more subdued work than his previous manic comedy efforts 1 Along with Noboru Iguchi Yamaguchi directed the fake TV commercials for good friend Yoshihiro Nishimura s cult horror film Tokyo Gore Police after Yamaguchi suggested that it might balance out the dark tone of the movie 16 In a change of pace Yamaguchi left the horror aspects behind to direct a straight comedy in the February 2009 release Elite Yankee Saburo with special makeup effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura 17 18 The film followed a Japanese TV comedy shown on TV Tokyo in 2007 which was itself based on a manga by Shuji Abe about a nerdy boy entering high school who because his older brothers were delinquents is also labeled a troublemaker an elite yankee The movie retained the original cast from the TV series including lead actor Hideo Ishiguro 19 Filmography editYear Title English Title Original Occupation 2000 Versus VERSUS ヴァーサス VERSUS Vasasu Writer 2002 Alive ＡＬＩＶＥ アライヴ ALIVE Araivu Writer 2003 3 On 3 スリー オン スリー Surii On Surii Writer 2003 Battlefield Baseball 地獄甲子園 Jigoku Kōshien Hell Stadium Director Writer 2004 Hole 1 of 4 parts 穴 Ana Director 2004 Babaa Zone 漫 画太郎ＳＨＯＷ ババアゾーン Man Ga Tarou Show Babaa Zōn Director 2005 Cromartie High The Movie 魁 クロマティ高校 THE MOVIE Sakigake Kuromati Kōkō the Movie Charge Cromartie High School the Movie Director 2005 Kazuo Umezu s Horror Theater Present 楳図かずお恐怖劇場 プレゼント Umezu Kazuo Kyōfu gekijō Purezento Director 2006 Meatball Machine ミートボールマシン Mitobōru Mashin Director 2006 Ten Nights of Dreams episode The Tenth Dream 夢十夜 Yume juya Director 2008 Tamami The Baby s Curse 赤んぼ少女 Akanbo shōjo Baby Girl Director 2009 Elite Yankee Saburo 激情版 エリートヤンキー三郎 Gekijōban Eriito Yankii Saburō Elite Yankee Saburo the Movie Director 2011 Yakuza Weapon 極道兵器 Gokudo Heiki Director Writer 2011 Deadball デッドボール Deddobōru Director 2022 1 er One Percenter 1 er Director 20 References edit a b Onderhond April 21 2009 Yudai Yamaguchi s Tamami review Twitch Retrieved 2009 09 20 a b AKANBO SHOUJO yubarifanta com Retrieved 2009 09 18 Versus 2000 II IMdB 20 February 2002 Retrieved 2009 09 20 VERSUS ヴァーサス 2000 in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 20 Jigoku koshien 2003 IMdB 10 September 2004 Retrieved 2009 09 21 地獄甲子園 in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 Wilmot John March 26 2004 Japanese Film Babaa Zone TokyoQ Retrieved 2009 09 21 Kaiki daikazoku IMdB 3 October 2004 Retrieved 2009 09 21 Sakigake Kuromati Koko The Movie 2005 IMdB 25 February 2005 Retrieved 2009 09 21 魁 クロマティ高校 THE MOVIE in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 Cromartie High School AMG Retrieved 2009 09 21 Meatball Machine 2005 IMdB April 2006 Retrieved 2009 09 21 MEATBALL MACHINE ミートボールマシン in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 Akanbo shojo 2008 IMdB 2 August 2008 Retrieved 2009 09 21 赤んぼ少女 in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 Perkins Rodney October 28 2008 An Interview with Tokyo Gore Police Director Yoshihiro Nishimura Twitch Retrieved 2009 09 21 Gekijo ban Erito Yanki Saburo 2009 IMdB 28 February 2009 Retrieved 2009 09 21 激情版 エリートヤンキー三郎 in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 Elite Yankee Saburo inspired by comedy manga Japan Sugoi September 16 2009 Retrieved 2009 09 21 1 er eiga com Retrieved June 27 2022 Bibliography edit Yudai Yamaguchi at All Cinema in Japanese Yudai Yamaguchi at JMDB in Japanese Sharp Jasper February 16 2004 Yudai Yamaguchi Interview Midnight Eye Retrieved 2009 09 21 External links editYudai Yamaguchi at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yudai Yamaguchi amp oldid 1095243130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
