Biography
Noboru Iguchi is a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor known for his work in adult video (AV) as well as horror and gore genres.
Born on June 28, 1969, Iguchi has said in interviews that his childhood experiences visiting ghost houses and freak shows at Japanese amusement parks influenced his creative style. His goal in filmmaking is to entertain while delivering surprising elements.
Throughout his extensive career as an AV director, Iguchi has collaborated with studios such as CineMagic, Big Morkal, Try-Heart, h.m.p, and Soft On Demand (SOD). His videos have featured AV idols including Nana Natsume and Risa Coda. He has explored various Japanese AV genres, ranging from incest-themed content for SOD to genres like nakadashi, bondage, group sex, and enema fetish videos for CineMagic.
His video Final Pussy, starring Nana Natsume, won the Best Rental Video Award at the 2005 SOD Awards. Released in January 2005, the video features Natsume's character, who, as a result of a failed military experiment, has guns emerging from her breasts when sexually aroused. The special makeup effects were created by Yoshihiro Nishimura.
One of Iguchi’s early films, Kurushime-san (クルシメさん), debuted in 1997. Serving as screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and director, he crafted this black comedy-horror which won the Encouragement Prize at the 1998 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. The film starred Aki Arai, Miako Tadano, and Tomoko Matsunashi.
In 2003, Iguchi wrote and directed the horror comedy A Larva to Love (恋する幼虫, Koi-suru Yōchū), with special effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura, revolving around a peculiar relationship involving a boy, a girl, and a parasite. He also wrote and directed Sukeban Boy (おいら女蛮 スケバン, Oira Sukeban) in February 2006, featuring AV star Asami. During an interview at the New York Asian Film Festival, Iguchi recounted an incident where an actress, unaware of her role’s demands, resisted performing nude action scenes. He explained, "We had to calm her down, capture her, and convince her to do the job ... We made it so she could not leave the set ... [in] America we would have been sued."
Later in 2006, Iguchi directed Cat-Eyed Boy (猫目小僧, Nekome kozō), adapted from Kazuo Umezu’s manga. The film, starring gravure idol Miku Ishida, Asami Kumakiri, Hiromasa Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka, and Kanji Tsuda, was released in Japanese theaters in June 2006 and on DVD in October that year.
Iguchi wrote and directed the 2008 cult action-gore film The Machine Girl (片腕マシンガール, Kataude mashin gāru), reuniting with Yoshihiro Nishimura who handled special and makeup effects. Iguchi explained that he aimed to make an action film featuring a female fighter, starting with the concept of a girl losing her arm and seeking revenge. Originally titled "One Armed Big Busty Girl," the machine gun element was added later. He was a special guest at the New York Asian Film Festival in both 2009 and 2010.
In 2010, Iguchi directed Karate-Robo Zaborgar, his largest-budget feature, based on the popular 1970s TV series Denjin Zaborger. He followed this with the horror-comedy Zombie Ass in 2011.
