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

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'' and '' Drowning Love'', and was named Best New Director at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. She has also directed music videos for

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, and

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Early life and education

Yamato was born in 1989 in

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. While studying philosophy at

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, 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

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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 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. Yamato continued her involvement with musical groups by directing music videos for

member

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

song "Hikari", and the

song "Sweet Wanderer". In 2016, Yamato adapted the

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manga '' Drowning Love'' 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 Miki Aihara manga ''

'', about a teenager who gets blackmailed by the son of a powerful corporate executive. The film starred

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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, 24th Japan Film Professional Awards

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