Directing
Shinobu Yaguchi
Born May 30, 1967 Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Directed Films
7.6
Dollhouse
2025·Horror
7.0
Dance with Me
2019·Comedy
7.3
Survival Family
2017·Comedy
7.4
Wood Job!
2014·Drama
7.2
Robo-G
2012·Comedy
6.4
Happy Flight
2008·Comedy
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Tokyo Rhapsody
2007·Drama
7.9
Swing Girls
2004·Comedy
10.0
Parco Fiction
2002·Comedy
6.6
Waterboys
2001·Comedy
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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001·Horror
8.8
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000·Horror
5.8
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999·Comedy
7.5
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
1999·Horror
7.2
Adrenaline Drive
1999·Comedy
6.6
My Secret Cache
1997·Comedy
8.0
Bird Watching
1996
6.3
Down the Drain
1993·Comedy
6.5
The Rain Women
1990·Drama
