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Shin Adachi

Writing · Born 1973-01-01 · Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Born in 1973 in Tottori Prefecture, Adachi Shin graduated from the Japan Academy of Moving Images, a film school founded in Yokohama in 1975 by director Imamura Shohei. Adachi served as an assistant director to Somai Shinji and started writing scripts. His first feature scriptwriting credit was for the 2004 pro wrestling comedy Mask de 41. His breakthrough was the script for the 2014 boxing drama 100 Yen Love, which won him a Japan Academy Award. In 2016 Adachi made his directorial debut with the semi-autobiographical teen comedy 14 That Night.

Known for

Filmography

2025Good LuckDirector
2025The Asayama FamilyScreenplay
2025I Still Wanna Have Sex with My WifeNovel
2024YoloOriginal Film Writer
2024The Beast of ComedyWriter
2023Brats, Be Ambitious!Director
2023We Make Antiques! Osaka DreamsScreenplay
2022Lost Man FoundScreenplay
2021Rokujouma no Piano ManScreenplay
2020Underdog: Part OneOriginal Story
2020Underdog: Part TwoScreenplay
2020We Make Antiques! Kyoto RendezvousScreenplay
2019A Beloved WifeScreenplay
2019As Sawa-chan Rides the WavesWriter
2019The Kids' DinerWriter
2019Journey of the Sky GoddessScreenplay
2019Stolen FaceScreenplay
2018Shino Can't Say Her NameWriter
2018We Make Antiques!Writer
2017DemekinWriter
201614 That NightDirector
2015Obon BrothersScreenplay
2015Sachi & MayuWriter
2014100 Yen LoveScreenplay
2013Schoolgirl ComplexScreenplay
2013Just One PointScreenplay
2009Virgin WanderingScreenplay
2006AoguraScreenplay
2006The Catch ManWriter
2004Mask de 41Writer

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