Noboru Iguchi
Directing
Born: June 28, 1969 (age 57) · Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Noboru Iguchi 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. Iguchi was born on June 28, 1969. 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. In 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. His videos have explored several of the typical Japanese AV genres, from incest for SOD to "nakadashi", bondage, group sex and some enema fetish videos for CineMagic. His video Final Pussy starring Nana Natsume won the Best Rental Video Award at the 2005 SOD Awards. 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. One 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. 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. 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. 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." Later in 2006, Iguchi directed Cat-Eyed Boy (猫目小僧, Nekome kozō) based on the manga by Kazuo Umezu. 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. 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. 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. Iguchi was a special guest at the 2009 and 2010 New York Asian Film Festival. 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.
Known for
The ABCs of Death
2013
The Machine Girl
2008
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
2012
Cutie Honey
2004
Dead Sushi
2012
RoboGeisha
2009
Mutant Girls Squad
2010
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
2013
Helldriver
2010
Tomie: Unlimited
2011
The Flowers of Evil
2019
Prison School
2015
Photos (1)
Movies (19)
Cutie Honey
Assistant Supervisor
Mutant Girls Squad
Ancient Nobleman
Helldriver
Blue alien
Yamagata Scream
Bishu Urikawara
Quartet for Two
Stalker
The Pregnant Woman
Takeshi
Otakus in Love
2004
Down the Drain
Teacher
Sunday's Dream
1999
Bicycle Sighs
Bear (voice)
Speakerman: The Boo
2004
Dogs & Cats
2004
Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
2001
Love Song for Rapper
2004
Wabishabi
1988
The Worst Erotic Document Ever: Earthworms
1994
Naked Rabbit
1992
The Kimodameshi
1994
Reflect on That Boys
1989
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (1)
Upcoming (1)
Directing (73)
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Director
Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai
Director
Prison School
Director
The Flowers of Evil
Director
The ABCs of Death
Director
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
Director
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
Director
The Flowers of Evil
Director
The Machine Girl
Director
Mutant Girls Squad
Director
Aoki Vampire's Trouble
Director
That is the Bottleneck
Director
Keitai Deka Zenigata Kai
Director
Yamishibai
Director
OTHELLO
Director
RoboGeisha
Director
Tomie: Unlimited
Director
Shyness Machine Girl
Director
Are You Ready? Hey You Girl!
Director
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
Director
Dead Sushi
Director
Shiori and Shimiko's Bizarre Case Files
Director
Keitai Deka Zenigata Rei
Director
The Blue Hearts
Director
Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
Director
Nuigulumar Z
Director
Lock-On Love
Director
Manji
Director
Bad Butt
Director
Raining Blood
Director
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Director
Gekijō-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun
Director
Slavemen
Director
Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
Director
Cat-Eyed Boy
Director
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 1
Director
The Cannibal Girl
Director
Ghost Squad
Director
Keitai Deka Zenigata Rui
Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai San Ya
Director
A Larva to Love
Director
Fun House
Director
The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition
Director
Sukeban Boy
Director
Poisonous Woman Fascinating Flame
Director
Keitai Deka Zenigata Mei
Director
Hentaidan
Director
Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
Director
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl
Director
Shoujo Picaresque
Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Igyou Akai Hito-hen
Director
The Devil's Cop Festival
Director
New Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Ghost Story
Director
YOSHIE ZERO
Director
Damager
Director
Tales of Terror: Gi
Director
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Hanayome-san-hen
Director
The Island of Giant Insects - Live-Action PV
Director
Tales of Bliss & Heresy
Director
Kurushime-san
Director
Devotion to Cinema
Director
IDOL NEVER DiES
Director
Watashi to kurushime san
Director
Atopy Detective
Director
Saishū seiki! Natsume nana ~ kyūkyoku no erosu
Director
Sky
Director
Wabishabi
Director
クルシメさん ニューバージョン
Director
One Piece Chushingura: THE LAST BATTLE OF 47 PICES
Director
The Worst Erotic Document Ever: Earthworms
Director
Hypertrophy Genitals Girl
Director
'Corps Cosplay Girl Excretion' Five Pairs Sukadoru
Director
Corps Cosplay Girl Excretion
Director
Writing (32)
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Screenplay
The ABCs of Death
Writer
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
Screenplay
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
Original Concept
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
Screenplay
The Machine Girl
Screenplay
Mutant Girls Squad
Writer
RoboGeisha
Screenplay
Tomie: Unlimited
Screenplay
Shyness Machine Girl
Writer
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
Writer
Dead Sushi
Writer
Nuigulumar Z
Screenplay
Bad Butt
Writer
Raining Blood
Writer
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Screenplay
Slavemen
Screenplay
The Cannibal Girl
Writer
The Cannibal Girl
Original Story
Ghost Squad
Screenplay
A Larva to Love
Screenplay
Sukeban Boy
Writer
Poisonous Woman Fascinating Flame
Screenplay
Shoujo Picaresque
Writer
YOSHIE ZERO
Writer
Damager
Screenplay
Tales of Bliss & Heresy
Screenplay
Kurushime-san
Writer
Devotion to Cinema
Writer
IDOL NEVER DiES
Writer
クルシメさん ニューバージョン
Screenplay
Hypertrophy Genitals Girl
Writer
Producing (2)
Other Crew (10)
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
Creator
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
Editor
Shiori and Shimiko's Bizarre Case Files
Creator
Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan
Creator
Manji
Art Direction
A Larva to Love
Cinematography
Damager
Director of Photography
The Island of Giant Insects - Live-Action PV
Editor
Kurushime-san
Director of Photography
クルシメさん ニューバージョン
Director of Photography