Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
Directing
Career Snapshot
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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: 7.17
Wikidata: Q382081
Also known as
야구치 시노부 • Синобу Ягути
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Director (12)Writer (5)Screenplay (3)Characters (1)
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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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Shinobu Yaguchi.
7.7
Dollhouse
Director
2025 Movie
7.3
Survival Family
Director
2017 Movie
6.3
Happy Flight
Director
2008 Movie
Tokyo Rhapsody
Director
2007 Movie
7.9
Swing Girls
Director
2004 Movie
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Director
2001 Movie
5.6
One Piece! 水玉 COLLECTION
Director
1999 Movie
7.5
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
Director
1999 Movie
6.5
My Secret Cache
Director
1997 Movie
Bird Watching
Director
1996 Movie
6.2
Down the Drain
Director
1993 Movie
6.5
The Rain Women
Director
1990 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Shinobu Yaguchi.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Shinobu Yaguchi.
7.7
Dollhouse
Director
2025 Movie
7.9
Swing Girls
Director
2004 Movie
6.3
Happy Flight
Director
2008 Movie
7.3
Survival Family
Director
2017 Movie
9.0
The Whispered City
as 達也の友人
2000 Movie
7.2
Robo-G
Screenplay
2012 Movie
Tokyo Rhapsody
Director
2007 Movie
7.0
Dance with Me
Writer
2019 Movie
6.6
Waterboys
Screenplay
2001 Movie
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Director
2001 Movie
7.4
Wood Job!
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.1
Adrenaline Drive
Writer
1999 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Shinobu Yaguchi.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Shinobu Yaguchi.
7.0
Dance with Me
Writer
2019 Movie
7.4
Wood Job!
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.2
Robo-G
Screenplay
2012 Movie
10.0
Parco Fiction
Writer
2002 Movie
6.6
Waterboys
Screenplay
2001 Movie
8.8
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Writer
2000 Movie
6.0
Weathering the Storms
Writer
1999 Movie
7.1
Adrenaline Drive
Writer
1999 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Shinobu Yaguchi.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Shinobu Yaguchi.
