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.

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Flying Colors (NC 2016)

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

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.