Shinobu Yaguchi
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Dance with Me (2019)
Writer | Director
Survival Family (2016)
Director | Screenplay
Wood Job! (2014)
Director | Screenplay
Robo-G (2012)
Director | Screenplay
Happy Flight (2008)
Director | Writer
Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
Director
Swing Girls (2004)
Director | Screenplay
Parco Fiction (2002)
Director | Writer
Waterboys (2001)
Director | Screenplay | Producer | Director of Photography
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001)
Director
School Ghost Story: Curse Special (2000)
Director | Writer
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION (1999)
Director
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special (1999)
Director | Writer
Weathering the Storms (1999)
Writer
Adrenaline Drive (1999)
Director | Writer | Editor
My Secret Cache (1997)
Director | Writer
Bird Watching (1996)
Director
Down the Drain (1993)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
The Rain Women (1990)
Director | Writer