Known for Directing
Noboru Iguchi is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has worked as a director in adult video (AV) as well as in the horror and gore genres. Iguchi was born on June 28, 1969. In an interview he said he was influenced in his work by the ghost houses and freak shows he went to as a child in Japanese play lands, and that his aim in his films is to both entertain and surprise. In his extensive career as an AV director, Iguchi has worked for a number of studios including CineMagic, Big Morkal, Try-Heart, h.m.p and Soft On Demand (SOD). Nana Natsume and Risa Coda have been among the AV Idols featured in his videos. His videos have explored several of the typical Japanese AV genres, from incest for SOD to "nakadashi", bondage, group sex and some enema fetish videos for CineMagic. His video Final Pussy starring Nana Natsume won the Best Rental Video Award at the 2005 SOD Awards. In this January 2005 video, Natsume's character (as the result of a military experiment gone wrong) has guns burst from her breasts when sexually aroused. The special makeup effects were by Yoshihiro Nishimura. One of Iguchi's early movies was Kurushime-san (クルシメさん) which was first released in 1997. Iguchi was screenwriter, editor, cinematographer and director of the black comedy-horror film which won the Encouragement Prize at the 1998 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and 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 effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura) about a strange relationship involving a boy, a girl, and a parasite. Iguchi also wrote and directed the February 2006 film Sukeban Boy or Oira Sukeban (おいら女蛮 スケバン, Oira sukeban) with AV star Asami. At an interview at the New York Asian Film Festival, Iguchi told of an incident where one of the actresses in the movie, completely unaware of her role, balked at doing action scenes totally naked. According to Iguchi "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) based on the manga by Kazuo Umezu. The movie, with gravure idol Miku Ishida, Asami Kumakiri, Hiromasa Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka and Kanji Tsuda, was released theatrically in Japan in June 2006, and on DVD in October of the same year. Iguchi was also both the screenwriter and director for the 2008 action and gore cult film The Machine Girl (片腕マシンガール, Kataude mashin gāru) where he once again teamed up with Yoshihiro Nishimura who did the special effects and makeup effects. Iguchi said he wanted to make an action movie with a woman fighting and it started with just an idea of a girl losing her arm and going out for revenge and was originally called "One Armed Big Busty Girl" - the machine gun came later. Iguchi was a special guest at the 2009 and 2010 New York Asian Film Festival. In 2010, Iguchi directed his largest-budgeted feature, the action film Karate-Robo Zaborgar, based on the popular 1970s television series Denjin Zaborger. He followed it with the scatological horror/comedy Zombie Ass in 2011.
Born
June 28, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
110 films, 22 shows


Fear Addiction
2026 · JP
"Once it gets into your head, it never leaves." A woman tormented by various phobias, including trypophobia, is gradually consumed by madness following an encounter with a mysterious figure.


The Cannibal Girl
2025 · 1h 8m · JP
Tamako, a girl suffering from anorexia, falls in love with Yōko, a female photographer who shares the same struggle. The two plan to die together in a double suicide. However, just before doing so, Yōko confesses, “The truth is… I can’t stop wanting to eat you.” And thus begins a twisted ritual of love, filled with terror…


Tales of Bliss & Heresy
2023 · 1h 38m · JP
Uzuku Kage," in which a mysterious man who looks like a "shadow" appears behind the back of a woman mentally trapped by her power-harassing boss; "Kataude no Hana," about a high school boy who is attracted to and played around with by a woman with one arm; and "Bakuba," about a young man who feels guilty about eating and defecating due to childhood trauma and a woman who works at a coffee shop. A young man who feels guilty about eating and defecating due to childhood trauma and a woman who works at a coffee shop fall into the realm of love that should never be touched in "Bataille's Table. The stylish images intersecting the episodes depict a man and a woman, each with their own secrets, who transcend their relationship of submission and domination to reach a perverted love.


IDOL NEVER DiES
2022 · 1h 21m · JP
An idol group in a certain town in Tochigi is struggling to complete a music video on the day predicted to be the last day of the earth.


The Island of Giant Insects - Live-Action PV
2019 · 4m · JP
Clocking in at roughly four minutes, the short teases the story's most baseline elements: giant bugs trying to eat people who tend to lose their clothes.


The Flowers of Evil
2019 · 2h 7m · JP
A high school student steals the panties of a girl he likes but is witnessed, which sets off a chain of events that send his life and the lives of others around him out of control.


Ghost Squad
2018 · 1h 46m · JP
After a group of girls get murdered, they come back as ghosts and seek revenge.


Lock-On Love
2018 · 1h 35m · JP
An endearingly inept guy who has killer looks but zero experience with girls falls in love with a hard-to-get beauty.


Shoujo Picaresque
2018 · 1h 19m · JP
Hikari is a new idol who dreams of becoming a top idol. In order to reach as many fans as possible, she spends her days communicating with them through live selfie broadcasts. One day, when shooting a music video for a new song, she become friends with two new idols, Hinako and Ai, however, a girl called "Chi-chan" appears on set, causing chaos that forces them to stop filming. Hikari pours out her feelings during a live stream, and mysterious events begin to occur around Hinako and Ai. Jealousy, hatred, admiration... What are the girls' feelings that are reflected through the live stream?


Fun House
2018 · 1h 21m · JP
7 high school boys at a summer dance club retreat find themselves in a terrifying night they never expected. Shot on a smartphone for an immersive experience, they stay at a remote lodge managed by 2 beautiful sisters. (Movie edit of the 10-episodes TV show).


The Blue Hearts
2017 · 2h 39m · JP
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.


Slavemen
2017 · 1h 27m · JP
Yasuyuki Shimada is an ordinary guy who makes films. One day he gets a hold of a camera and a mask which has special powers to go back in time by filming the God of Death who handles all destinies. This is a new type of Dark Action Hero movie, where a simple filmmaker changes his destiny and tries to save his crush!


Devotion to Cinema
2016 · 1h 22m · JP
Yoshie is a member of the theatre club in high school. Due to her older sister Keiko, Yoshie begins acting in a indie film with her friend Akari and theatre club president Aki. Their sadistic director Naomi pushes them psychologically and their relationship begins to change.


Damager
2015 · 23m · JP
Tokusatsu short movie by Noboru Iguchi about a masochist superhero. Released as a double bill with Hentaidan.


Hentaidan
2015 · 45m · JP


Raining Blood
2014 · 1h 45m · JP
One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the hints hidden in the novel and head for the goal in the death race!” Naoto starts running to save his mother with the book in his hand.


Nuigulumar Z
2014 · 1h 41m · JP
A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.


The ABCs of Death
2013 · 2h 9m · NZ
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.


Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Igyou Akai Hito-hen
2012 · 49m · JP
Dvd edition that contains 2 of the 4 stories from Noboru Iguchi's "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Igyou" / New Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Ghost Story.


Bad Butt
2012 · 8m · JP
The story of a high school girl and a certain part of her body that has turned into a monster. A horrifying and erotic story from the mad mind of Noboru Iguchi (THE MACHINE GIRL, KARATE ROBO-ZABORGAR).


Dead Sushi
2012 · 1h 31m · JP
A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.


New Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Ghost Story
2012 · 1h 32m · JP
New kind of horror films are added to "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" series directed by a cult filmmaker, Noboru Iguchi (Machine Girl). This movie has four episodes starring a Japanese idol group, S/mileage!


Gekijō-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun
2012 · 1h 19m · JP
Yamagami-kun, the god of the mountain, likes to eat "human beings"! Today, he and Isobe, the god of the sea, are planning to eat "human" again. Will he be able to eat a "human" today?


Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
2012 · 1h 25m · JP
Wracked with guilt over her younger sister's suicide, pretty young karate student Megumi accompanies a group of older friends on a camping trip into the woods, where they're attacked by feces covered undead.


Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011 · 1h 54m · JP
An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.


Tomie: Unlimited
2011 · 1h 25m · JP
Tsukiko is part of the photography club at school, but has always felt less than her sister Tomie. She's cute and very popular among boys. However, one day, Tomie dies in a horrible accident, triggering endless nightmares for Tsukiko. One year later, right when Tomie was supposed to turn 18, someone knocks on the door. Tomie is back.


GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
2010 · 15m · JP
Spin-off short film to RoboGeisha, A woman infiltrates Kageno Steel Manufacturers to unravel their plot to take over Japan.


YOSHIE ZERO
2010 · 14m · JP
A short film prequel to Mutant Girls Squad.


Mutant Girls Squad
2010 · 1h 25m · JP
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.


The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition
2010 · 1h 54m · JP
A stay-at-home nerd's dream comes true when he unearths a strange breastplate and awakens a sexy monster hunter named Dogoo, who brings him along her adventure with wacky monsters. (Movie edit of several episodes of the TV show)


RoboGeisha
2009 · 1h 42m · JP
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.


Shyness Machine Girl
2009 · 22m · JP
Ami's friend, Yoshie, was murdered and desecrated by the Kimura Gang. She was saved and, like Ami in the previous film, received modifications from the same mechanics. Remembering her past, Yoshie decides to avenge herself and Ami.


Tales of Terror: Gi
2008 · 48m · JP
Aki, who has been studying child psychology to become a kindergarten teacher, takes up a side job as a private tutor and baby sitter as recommended by her professor. Then she meets a 5-year-old boy named Tsuyoshi. In the dimly-lit room, Tsuyoshi is drawing pictures. What he is drawing is a creepy guy called "Gi" who has the skill to "delete anyone that is unwanted." Then, as Tsuyoshi predicts, people die one after another.


The Machine Girl
2008 · 1h 36m · JP
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.


Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 1
2007 · 1h 5m · JP
Just because the gates to the spirit world are usually kept shut does not mean that they cannot suddenly open, that the dead cannot reach out for your throat, that its denizens cannot prowl in abandoned office buildings, or haunt high school video projects. The dark realm is with you, and within you, its emotions calling to yours in shades of horror, of fear, of terror.


Cat-Eyed Boy
2006 · 1h 44m · JP
A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.


Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
2006 · 50m · JP
This is the first volume to include the final series of the popular ghost story TV series “Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro,” based on the true-life ghost story book “Shin Mimibukuro. It contains all 10 episodes.


Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
2006 · 50m · JP
The second volume of the popular ghost story TV series “Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro,” based on the real-life ghost story book “Shin Mimibukuro,” includes the final series. It features notable actresses such as Mari Hoshino of “Sayonara Midori Chan” fame. It includes all 10 episodes.


Manji
2006 · 1h 20m · JP
One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start.


Sukeban Boy
2006 · 1h 2m · JP
A raucous teen boy with a feminine face is teased everywhere, so his odd biker father dresses him as a girl and sends him to an all-girl school. The lad introduces himself as Sukeban, and a classmate, Michiko, takes him to after-school activities. Lessons on humility turn violent when a masked hatchet-wielding woman turns up. Jealousy, syringes of hormones, bare breasts, a blood bath, and more figure in the resolution.


Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl
2005 · 53m · JP
Yumiko has been invited by her cousin to spend summer vacation in a rural village. Once they arrive, she is mad to feel very unwelcome by the mysterious locals who keep referring to her as "Snake Girl."


Saishū seiki! Natsume nana ~ kyūkyoku no erosu
2005 · 2h 6m · JP
The story follows Nana-chan, who is imprisoned and transformed into a "human weapon," as she becomes a demon of revenge and defeats her enemies.


The Devil's Cop Festival
2004 · 1h 26m · JP
Fifth installment of Deka Matsuri omnibus series. Six films


Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Hanayome-san-hen
2004 · 35m
The directors include TBS drama stalwart Akio Yoshida, Toshiaki Hirano, the chief director of "Say Hello to Black Jack," Hirohisa Sasaki of "Screaming Lips," Kôsuke Suzuki of "Eko Eko Azarak," and Noboru Iguchi, whose new work "Love Larva" is a hot topic. These young talents of horror films have gathered to bring this project to life. The cast features Maki Sakai, Harumi Inoue, and Arthur Kuroda, among others.


Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai San Ya
2004 · 1h 5m · JP
The hotel room where he stayed on a business trip, where no one was supposed to be but him.......13 scary stories including "Another One".


Atopy Detective
2003 · 10m · JP
An early film by Noboru Iguchi.


A Larva to Love
2003 · 1h 50m · JP
Bizarre love triangle about a girl, Yuki who transforms into a tentacled creature that feasts on human blood. She manipulates the guilt-ridden Fumio to do her bidding, only for a strange romance to blossom between them.


Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
2003 · 1h 35m · JP
Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main character must be a female detective" "the film must be less than 10 minutes long" "at least five gags must be included"


Sky
1999 · 10m · JP
An early film by Noboru Iguchi.


Poisonous Woman Fascinating Flame
1999 · 1h · JP
Erotic drama depicts the psychology of a middle-aged woman who gradually develops a lust for a young girl whom she had envied.


クルシメさん ニューバージョン
1998 · 56m · JP
A comedy of love and betrayal about two women suffering from mental illness and physical defects. (New theatrical edit of "Kurushime-san", with additional scenes).


Kurushime-san
1997 · 56m · JP
An early film by Noboru Iguchi.


Watashi to kurushime san
1997 · 8m · JP
An early film by Noboru Iguchi.


One Piece Chushingura: THE LAST BATTLE OF 47 PICES
1996 · JP
A short film directed by Noboru Iguchi, part of the anthology project One Piece Chushingura.


Wabishabi
1988 · 36m · JP
Director Noboru Iguchi's first 8mm film, which he shot as a high school student.