Yaguchi Shinobu

Name: Yaguchi Shinobu
Native name: 矢口史靖
Also Known as: やぐちふみやす
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: May 30, 1967
Age: 58

Yaguchi Shinobu is a Japanese film director, editor, 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. 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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Year	Title	Type	Rating
2025	Dollhouse	Movie	7.7
2019	Dance with Me	Movie	7.6
2017	Survival Family	Movie	8.0
2014	Wood Job! The Easy Life in Kamusari	Movie	8.1
2012	Robo-G	Movie	7.3
2012	ONE PIECE International Classics - Movie Brain	Movie	4.0
2008	Happy Flight	Movie	7.3
2007	Tokyo Rhapsody	Movie	8.0
2004	Swing Girls	Movie	8.1
2002	Parco Fiction	Movie	6.0
2001	Waterboys	Movie	7.5
1999	Adrenaline Drive	Movie	7.3
1997	My Secret Cache	Movie	7.4
1993	Down the Drain	Movie	6.4
1990	The Rain Women	Movie	7.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2000	Gakko no Kaidan: Haru no Noroi Special	Special	0.0
1999	Gakko no Kaidan: Haru no Tatari Special	Special	0.0

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