Actor

Shinobu Yaguchi

Directing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

1.8

Low visibility

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Movies: 23Series: 1Crew 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

Other jobs

Director (14)Writer (4)Screenplay (2)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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Shinobu Yaguchi.