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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (19 movies)
Waterboys
2001
Adrenaline Drive
1999
Swing Girls
2004
Happy Flight
2008
Bird Watching
1996
My Secret Cache
1997
Robo-G
2012
Down the Drain
1993
Wood Job!
2014
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
1999
The Rain Women
1990
Parco Fiction
2002
Survival Family
2017
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2001
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
1999
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000
Dance with Me
2019
Dollhouse
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Rain Women | 1990 | Writer |
| Down the Drain | 1993 | Screenplay |
| My Secret Cache | 1997 | Writer |
| Adrenaline Drive | 1999 | Writer |
| Weathering the Storms | 1999 | Writer |
| School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special | 1999 | Writer |
| School Ghost Story: Curse Special | 2000 | Writer |
| Waterboys | 2001 | Screenplay |
| Waterboys | 2001 | Producer |
| Parco Fiction | 2002 | Writer |
| Swing Girls | 2004 | Screenplay |
| Happy Flight | 2008 | Writer |
| Robo-G | 2012 | Screenplay |
| Wood Job! | 2014 | Screenplay |
| Survival Family | 2017 | Screenplay |
| Dance with Me | 2019 | Writer |
| Dollhouse | 2025 | Screenplay |