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Shin Adachi

Writer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1973 (52 years)
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

  • 100 Yen Love
  • Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman
  • Schoolgirl Complex
  • Uso happyaku
  • Kigeki aisai monogatari
  • 14 That Night
  • The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
  • Demekin
  • Lost Man Found
  • The Kids' Diner (2019)
  • Underdog: Part Two
  • We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
  • Shino Cannot Say Her Own Name
  • Stolen Face
  • Brats, Be Ambitious!
  • We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
  • Obon Brothers
  • Journey of the Sky Goddess
  • Kyacchi bôru-ya
  • It Will Be Breakfast at Tiffany's Some Day

Filmography

2025
The Asayama Family (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2024
Yolo · as Original Film Writer
2024
2023
2022
Brats, Be Ambitious! · as Screenplay
2022
Lost Man Found (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2021
Rokujouma no Piano Man (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2020
Underdog: Part Two · as Screenplay
2020
2019
Kigeki aisai monogatari · as Screenplay
2019
2019
2019
Stolen Face (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2018
2018
2017
2017
Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman (TV Series) · as Screenplay
2016
2015
Obon Brothers · as Screenplay
2014
100 Yen Love · as Screenplay
2013
Schoolgirl Complex · as Screenplay
2006

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