YÅ«ki Yamato (山戸 çµ å¸Œ, Yamato YÅ«ki) (born 1989) is a Japanese
screenwriter and director. She has adapted and directed film versions
of Hot Gimmick and Drowning Love, and was named Best New Director at
the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. She has also directed music
videos for Nogizaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, and Radwimps.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 That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside
(㠂㠮娘㠌海辺㠧踊㠣㠦る), 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.Yamato wrote and directed her
first major film, titled Count Five to Dream of You
(5ã ¤æ•°ã ˆã‚Œã °å ›ã ®å¤¢, Itsutsu Kazoereba Kimi no Yume) 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 24th Japan
Film Professional Awards.
screenwriter and director. She has adapted and directed film versions
of Hot Gimmick and Drowning Love, and was named Best New Director at
the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. She has also directed music
videos for Nogizaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, and Radwimps.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 That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside
(㠂㠮娘㠌海辺㠧踊㠣㠦る), 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.Yamato wrote and directed her
first major film, titled Count Five to Dream of You
(5ã ¤æ•°ã ˆã‚Œã °å ›ã ®å¤¢, Itsutsu Kazoereba Kimi no Yume) 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 24th Japan
Film Professional Awards.
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