
Shinobu Yaguchi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 30, 1967
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography

Dollhouse 2025
Director, Screenplay, Original Story

Dance with Me 2019
Writer, Director

Survival Family 2017
Director, Screenplay

Wood Job! 2014
Screenplay, Director

Robo-G 2012
Screenplay, Director

Happy Flight 2008
Director, Writer

Tokyo Rhapsody 2007
Director

SWING GIRLS First & Last Concert 2005
as Shinobu Yaguchi

Swing Girls 2004
Director, Screenplay

Parco Fiction 2002
Director, Writer

Waterboys 2001
Director, Screenplay, Producer

School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special 2001
Director

The Whispered City 2000
as 達也の友人

School Ghost Story: Curse Special 2000
Writer, Director

One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION 1999
Director

School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special 1999
Director, Writer

Weathering the Storms 1999
Writer

Adrenaline Drive 1999
Director, Writer, Editor

French Dressing 1998
as Convenience Store Employee

My Secret Cache 1997
Writer, Director

Birdwatching 1996
Director

Down the Drain 1993
Director, Editor, Screenplay

The Rain Women 1990
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Credits from TMDB.