Shinobu Yaguchi

Shinobu Yaguchi

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
May 30, 1967

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.

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Representative Works

Dollhouse
Dollhouse
7.6
/ Japanese
Swing Girls
Swing Girls
7.9
/ Japanese
Waterboys
Waterboys
6.5
/ Japanese
Wood Job!
Wood Job!
7.4
/ Japanese
Survival Family
Survival Family
7.3
/ Japanese
My Secret Cache
My Secret Cache
6.6
/ Japanese
Happy Flight
Happy Flight
6.4
/ Japanese
Adrenaline Drive
Adrenaline Drive
7.2
/ Japanese
Weathering the Storms
Weathering the Storms
7.0
/ Korean
Parco Fiction
Parco Fiction
10.0
/ Japanese
Robo-G
Robo-G
7.1
/ Japanese
The Whispered City
The Whispered City
9.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Dollhouse
2025Winner

Best Director

Dollhouse

Swing Girls
2004Winner

Best Director

Swing Girls

Waterboys
2001Nominee

Best Director

Waterboys

Career Highlights

Wood Job!
2014Highlight

Best Writing

Wood Job!

Survival Family
2017Highlight

Best Director

Survival Family

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