Yasuo Baba
Born (1954-08-18) August 18, 1954 (age 69)
Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • filmmaker
  • director
  • YouTuber

Yasuo Baba (馬場 康夫, Baba Yasuo, born Aug 18, 1954) is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker.

In 1981, he began serializing the 4-panel comic project ``Kimagure Concept in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan).

After that, he planned TV programs and published books, and in 1983, he published a book, ``Premium Lectures: Strategy and Development for Meha (Shogakukan), which became a bestseller with sales of 650,000 copies.

In 1987, he made the film ``Take Me Skiing, his first film as a director.

This work, as well as the later films ``Urban Marine Resort Story (1989) and ``Hold Me as Many Waves (1991), were both huge commercial successes in Japan.

Hoichoi Productions, headed by Yasuo Baba, has become an image leader in the lifestyle of young people.

Since then, he has been involved in the production of many books, television programs, movies, etc. up to the present day.

Works

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Feature films

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Take Me Skiing (ja:私をスキーに連れてって, Watashi wo Ski ni Tsuretette) (1987)

Urban Marine Resort Story (ja:彼女が水着にきがえたら, Kanojoga mizugini kigaetara) (1989)

Hold Me as Many Waves (ja:波の数だけ抱きしめて, Nami no kazu dake dakishimete) (1991)

Messengers (ja:メッセンジャー (1999年の映画), Messengers) (1999) [1]

Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (バブルへGO!!~タイムマシンはドラム式~, Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki) (2007) [2]

TV dramas

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Le avventure del Comandante Cappellini (ja:潜水艦カッペリーニ号の冒険, Sensuikan cappellini-go no boken) (2022) [3]

Music Videos

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AKB48Tsubasa wa Iranai (翼はいらない, Tsubasa wa Iranai) (2016)[4]

Novels

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  • Kimagure Concept (気まぐれコンセプト, Kimagure Concept)(1984年)
  • OTV (OTV, OTV)(1985年)
  • Gokuraku Ski (極楽スキー, Gokuraku Ski)(1987年)
  • Tokyo Iimise Yarerumise (東京いい店やれる店, Tokyo Iimise Yarerumise)(1994年)
  • Entame no Yoake (エンタメの夜明け, Entame no Yoake)(2007年)
  • Kimagure Concept Chronicle (気まぐれコンセプト・クロニクル, Kimagure Concept Chronicle)(2007年)
  • Disneyland ga nihon ni kita! (ディズニーランドが日本に来た! 「エンタメ」の夜明け, Disneyland ga nihon ni kita!)(2013年)
  • New Entame no Yoake (新装版「エンタメ」の夜明け ディズニーランドが日本に来た日, New Entame no Yoake)(2015年)
  • Kono Ippon! (この1本! ~超人気映画シリーズ、ひとつだけ見るならコレ~, Kono Ippon!)(2022年)

References

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  1. ^ "MESSENGERS".
  2. ^ "BUBBLE FICTION: Boom or Bust".
  3. ^ "Fuji Television".
  4. ^ "Tsubasa wa Iranai".
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Official WebSite

Official YouTube


Category:1954 births Category:Japanese dramatists and playwrights Category:Japanese film directors Category:Japanese film producers Category:Japanese essayists Category:Seikei University alumni Category:People from Tokyo Category:Living people