Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

May 30, 1967 (age 59)

Place of Birth

Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Also Known As

야구치 시노부

Синобу Ягути

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Shinobu Yaguchi

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.