Director

Shinobu Yaguchi

Directing

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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 0All crew credits: 21

TMDB ID: 83524

IMDb ID: nm0944937

Known for: Directing

Born: May 30, 1967

Age: 58

Place of birth: Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2025

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q382081

Also known as

야구치 시노부 • Синобу Ягути

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Director (12)Writer (5)Screenplay (3)Characters (1)

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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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