
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.
Directed 19
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
- 2012
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
Waterboys
Director
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Director
- 2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Director
1990s
- 1999
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
Director
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
Director
- 1997
My Secret Cache
Director
- 1996
Birdwatching
Director
- 1993
Down the Drain
Director
- 1990
The Rain Women
Director
Wrote 16
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
- 2012
2000s
- 2008
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
Waterboys
Screenplay
- 2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Writer
1990s
- 1999
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
Writer
Weathering the Storms
Writer
- 1997
My Secret Cache
Writer
- 1993
Down the Drain
Screenplay
- 1990
The Rain Women
Writer
Acted in 3
2000s
- 2005
SWING GIRLS First & Last Concert
Shinobu Yaguchi
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
French Dressing
Convenience Store Employee
Edited 2
1990s
- 1999
- 1993
Down the Drain
Editor
Produced 1
2000s
- 2001
Waterboys
Producer
Camera 1
1990s
- 1990
The Rain Women
Director of Photography