Shinobu Yaguchi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1967-05-30 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Also Known As 야구치 시노부, Синобу Ягути

Shinobu Yaguchi

Biography

Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed.[citation needed] His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls.

Known For

Director

2019
Dance with Me

as Director

2016
Survival Family

as Director

2014
Wood Job!

as Director

2012
Robo-G

as Director

2008
Happy Flight

as Director

2007
Tokyo Rhapsody

as Director

2004
Swing Girls

as Director

2002
Parco Fiction

as Director

2001
Waterboys

as Director

1999
Adrenaline Drive

as Director

1997
My Secret Cache

as Director

1996
Bird Watching

as Director

1993
Down the Drain

as Director

1990
The Rain Women

as Director

Writer

2019
Dance with Me

as Writer

2016
Survival Family

as Screenplay

2014
Wood Job!

as Screenplay

2012
Robo-G

as Screenplay

2008
Happy Flight

as Writer

2004
Swing Girls

as Screenplay

2004
2002
Parco Fiction

as Writer

2001
Waterboys

as Screenplay

1999
1999
1997
My Secret Cache

as Writer

1993
Down the Drain

as Screenplay

1990
The Rain Women

as Writer

Editor

1999
1993
Down the Drain

as Editor

Actor

Camera

2001
Waterboys

as Director of Photography

Producer

2001
Waterboys

as Producer

Creator

2004