Shinobu Yaguchi

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Actor

May 30, 1967 (58 years)
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

  • Swing Girls
    Swing Girls2004
  • Wood Job!
    Wood Job!2014
  • Survival Family
    Survival Family2017
  • Waterboys
    Waterboys2001
  • Dollhouse
    Dollhouse2025
  • Happy Flight
    Happy Flight2008
  • Adrenaline Drive
    Adrenaline Drive1999
  • Dance with Me
    Dance with Me2019
  • Robo-G
    Robo-G2012
  • My Secret Cache
    My Secret Cache1997
  • Down the Drain
    Down the Drain1993
  • Parco Fiction
    Parco Fiction2002
  • Weathering the Storms
    Weathering the Storms1999

Filmography

2025
Dollhouse · as Screenplay
2019
2016
Survival Family · as Screenplay
2014
Wood Job! · as Screenplay
2012
Robo-G · as Screenplay
2008
2007
Tokyo Rhapsody · as Screenplay
2004
Swing Girls · as Screenplay
2002
2001
Waterboys · as Screenplay
1999
1999
1999
1997
1993
Down the Drain · as Screenplay

2000
The Whispered City · as 達也の友人

2001
Waterboys · as Cinematographer
1999
One Piece! · as Cinematographer