Shinobu Yaguchi (矢口 史靖, Yaguchi Shinobu, born 30 May 1967) 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.[1]
Selected filmography
Director
| Year |
Title |
Synopsis |
Genre |
| 1993 |
Down the Drain (Hadashi no Pikunikku) |
After trying to use her friend's train pass, schoolgirl Junko (Noburu Iguchi) experiences a series of misadventures as she makes her way through a less-than-friendly depiction of modern Japan. |
Black comedy |
| 1996 |
Bird Watching |
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Short film |
| 1997 |
My Secret Cache (Himitsu no hanazono) |
Bank teller Sakiko Suzuki (Naomi Nishida) experiences a series of bad luck as she chases her money through her hometown. Not to be confused with the 2007 TV series. |
Comedy |
| 1999 |
Adrenaline Drive (Adorenarin doraibu) |
Nerdy clerk Suzuki (Masanobu Ando)'s car bumps into another car and finds himself facing Kuroiwa (Kirina Mano), who turns out to be a gangster. And so begins a crazy chase that will soon gain him adventure, confidence, and love with a shy nurse. |
Black comedy |
| 1999 |
One Piece! |
The rules: directors must create a short film without using any camera movement or editing. A story has to be told in "one piece" of celluloid. Not to be confused with the anime series. |
Short film |
| 2001 |
Waterboys |
Based on a true event that chronicles five boys' attempts to form a synchronized swimming team at their high school. The film's success sparked a TV spin-off, its TV sequel and a two-part TV special. |
Comedy |
| 2002 |
Parco Fiction |
Toru struggles with the madcap fall-out of an environmental matter that somehow lands in his convenience store. |
Comedy |
| 2004 |
Swing Girls |
Based on a true story of high school girls' efforts to form a traditional jazz band in rural Yamagata prefecture. |
Comedy |
| 2008 |
Happy Flight |
Pilots, flight attendants and passengers struggle to cope with a number of misadventures during their Japan-Hawaii flight. |
Comedy |
| 2014 |
Wood Job |
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References
External links
| Persondata |
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Yaguchi, Shinobu |
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| Short description |
japanese film director |
| Date of birth |
30 May 1967 |
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