Shinobu YAGUCHI 矢口史靖
Adrenaline Drive
アドレナリン・ドライブ
Nippon Cinema ª
Clumsy Satoru has a traffic accident with a Yakuza – from there on, it`s mad trip towards absurdity that has him ending up on the run with the hyper-shy nurse Shizuko and a suitcase full of money. Hot on his tail: A gang of failed hooligans and a barely living gangster.
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Adrenaline Drive (NC 2003)
アドレナリン・ドライブ
Japan 1999
111 minutes
Director
Shinobu YAGUCHI
Script
Shinobu YAGUCHI
Cinematography
Takeshi HAMADA
Music
Seiichi YAMAMOTO, RASHINBAN
Production
"Adrenaline Drive" Production Committee
World sales
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation)
Distribution
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation)
Cast
Hikari ISHIDA, Masanobu ANDO, Kirina MANO, Yutaka MATSUSHIGE, Kazue TSUNOGAE
About Shinobu YAGUCHI
矢口史靖
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1967, Shinobu YAGUCHI began shooting his first film on 8mm as a student at Tokyo Zokei University. In 1990, his short film THE RAIN WOMEN won the Grand Prize of the renowned PIA Film Festival. Through a scholarship, the festival enabled him to shoot his feature debut DOWN THE DRAIN (1993). With his comedies such as WATERBOYS (2001 / NC ’05), ROBO-G (2012 / NC ’14) and SURVIVAL FAMILY (2017 / NC ’17), he has also found international success.