
Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
Born 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.
Directed

Swing Girls
Director · 2004

Survival Family
Director · 2017

Wood Job!
Director · 2014

Dollhouse
Director · 2025

Waterboys
Director · 2001

Dance with Me
Director · 2019

Parco Fiction
Director · 2002

Happy Flight
Director · 2008

Robo-G
Director · 2012

Adrenaline Drive
Director · 1999

School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Director · 2000

My Secret Cache
Director · 1997

Bird Watching
Director · 1996

School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
Director · 1999

Down the Drain
Director · 1993

One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
Director · 1999

The Rain Women
Director · 1990

Tokyo Rhapsody
Director · 2007
Acting
Writing

Swing Girls
Screenplay · 2004

Survival Family
Screenplay · 2017

Wood Job!
Screenplay · 2014

Dollhouse
Screenplay · 2025

Waterboys
Screenplay · 2001

Dance with Me
Writer · 2019

Parco Fiction
Writer · 2002

Happy Flight
Writer · 2008

Robo-G
Screenplay · 2012

Adrenaline Drive
Writer · 1999

School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Writer · 2000

My Secret Cache
Writer · 1997


