(born 1989) is a Japanese screenwriter and director. She has adapted and directed film versions of ''

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'', and was named Best New Director at the

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. She has also directed music videos for Nogizaka46,

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Early life and education

Yamato was born in 1989 in Kariya, Aichi. While studying philosophy at Sophia University, Yamato joined the school's film society and made her first film, titled , in 2012. 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.

Career

Yamato wrote and directed her first major film, titled and starring the members of idol group Tokyo Girls' Style as students in a girls' high school preparing for a cultural festival, in 2014. For her work on the film, Yamato was named Best New Director at the

. Yamato continued her involvement with musical groups by directing music videos for Nogizaka46 member

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's solo song "Gomen ne, zutto", the Nogizaka46 single "

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", the

song "Hikari", and the

song "Sweet Wanderer". In 2016, Yamato adapted the George Asakura manga ''

'' into a film titled ''Oboreru Knife'' (溺れるナイフ), starring

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. Yamato chose to adapt the story because young girls could relate to the main character's experiences. For her third major film, Yamato wrote and directed '' Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy'', a 2019 adaptation of the

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manga ''

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, a member of Nogizaka46 whom Yamato had initially met during the filming of the music video for the group's single "Harujion ga Sakukoro". 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.

Recognition

* 2014: Best New Director,

Filmography

* ''Count Five to Dream of You'', 2014 * '' Oboreru Knife'', 2016 * '' Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy'', 2019

References

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Early life and education

Career

Recognition

Filmography

See also

References