Nobuhiro DOI 土井裕泰
Flying Colors
ビリギャル
Nippon Cinema ª
How a teen girl went from academic absurdity to an elite university in one amazing year – the film's subtitle perfectly sums up the plot of this charming and hilarious, yet controversial high school comedy. The bestseller adaptation about the brutal Japanese school system was one of the big box office hits in Japan in 2015.
ビリギャル
Biri gyaru
Japan 2015
117 minutes
Director
Nobuhiro DOI
Script
Hiroshi HASHIMOTO based on a novel by Nobutaka TSUBOTA
Cinematography
Yasushi HANAMURA
Production
"Flying Colors" Film Partners
World sales
Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Cast
Kasumi ARIMURA, Atsushi ITO, Shuhei NOMURA, Tetsushi TANAKA, Yo YOSHIDA
About Nobuhiro DOI
土井裕泰
Nobuhiro DOI was born in Hiroshima in 1964 and studied at Waseda University School of Economics and Politics. He started his career in 1995 as a director for the television series SAY YOU LOVE ME. This was followed by his feature film debut BE WITH YOU (2004). Ever since, he has been switching between work for TV and cinema. His two films NADA SOU SOU – TEARS FOR YOU (2007 / NC ’08) and FLYING COLORS (2015 / NC ’16) have been shown at the Nippon Connection Film Festival.