Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
May 30, 1967 · Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Often works with
Yoji Tanaka
8 titles together
Swing Girls, Survival Family, Wood Job!
Naomi Nishida
6 titles together
Swing Girls, Dollhouse, Wood Job!
Yuu Tokui
5 titles together
Survival Family, Robo-G, Adrenaline Drive
Naoto Takenaka
4 titles together
Swing Girls, Waterboys, School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Daikichi Sugawara
4 titles together
Wood Job!, Dance with Me, Happy Flight
Kirina Mano
4 titles together
Adrenaline Drive, School Ghost Story: Curse Special, Parco Fiction
Full filmography · 23
Dollhouse
Director
20257.7
Dance with Me
Writer and Director
20197
Survival Family
Director
20177.3
Wood Job!
Director
20147.4
Robo-G
Director
2012
Happy Flight
Director and Writer
20086.4
Tokyo Rhapsody
Director
2007
SWING GIRLS First & Last Concert
as Shinobu Yaguchi
2005
Swing Girls
Director
20047.9
Parco Fiction
Director and Writer
2002
Waterboys
Director
20016.5
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Director
2001