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Shinobu Yaguchi is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography Japonais born on 30 may 1967 at Isehara City (Japon)

Shinobu Yaguchi

Shinobu Yaguchi
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Nationality Japon
Birth 30 may 1967 (57 years) at Isehara City (Japon)

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. 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.

Biography

Une caractéristique récurrente de ses films est de mettre en scène des personnages passant du stade de « minable à héros » : on y voit des personnes s'engager dans une activité peu commune, rencontrer des difficultés, pour parvenir finalement à s'en sortir.

En 2001, son film Waterboys obtient un grand succès, une adaptation télévisée du film est diffusée jusqu'en 2005 (3 saisons).

Le prix de la meilleure mise en scène lui est décerné en 2005 au Festival du film de Yokohama pour son film Swing Girls.

Usually with

Yōji Tanaka
Yōji Tanaka
(6 films)
Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka
(4 films)
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
(3 films)
Naomi Nishida
Naomi Nishida
(4 films)
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Yoshiyuki Morishita
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shinobu Yaguchi (7 films)

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Director

Wood Job!
Wood Job! (2014)

Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Itō, Naomi Nishida, Yūka, Akira Emoto
Rating74% 3.7450753.7450753.7450753.7450753.745075
The story revolves around Yuki Hirano (played by Shota Sometani), who, after failing his university entrance examinations and being left by his girlfriend, decides to join a forestry training program on seeing an attractive female face (Nagasawa) on a promotional leaflet. However, he soon discovers that the job is harder than he expected, working under the hard-working superior played by Hideaki Ito.
Swing Girls
Swing Girls (2004)
, 1h45
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Juri Ueno, Yūta Hiraoka, Yuika Motokariya, Nagisa Abe, Noriko Eguchi, Fumiyo Kohinata
Rating74% 3.7483053.7483053.7483053.7483053.748305
On a hot summer's day, 13 schoolgirls are bored in a remedial math class. One girl, Tomoko, watches the school's brass band leave to perform at a baseball game, but they have forgotten their bento lunches. Tomoko and the other girls persuade their teacher, Mr Ozawa, to let them deliver the lunches. On the train, Tomoko eats a lunch, and the girls fall asleep and miss their stop. By the time they deliver the lunches to the swing band, they have spoiled, and all 42 band members become sick. Only the cymbal player, Nakamura, whose lunch Tomoko ate, is unaffected.
Waterboys
Waterboys (2001)
, 1h30
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Aya Hirayama, Takatoshi Kaneko, Kaori Manabe, Tetta Sugimoto
Rating70% 3.5433753.5433753.5433753.5433753.543375
Suzuki is a high-school student who aspires to become a great swimmer; however, he is the only person in the school's swimming team. Soon, a beautiful new swimming teacher starts work at the high school. Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming (which is generally a women's sport), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out. The teacher soon takes maternity leave, and for some time the team is on hiatus. However, when Suzuki watches a dolphin show he decides to ask the dolphin trainer to be their coach.
My Secret Cache
My Secret Cache (1997)
, 1h23
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Naomi Nishida, Yōji Tanaka, Taketoshi Naito, Takako Katō
Rating69% 3.4851553.4851553.4851553.4851553.485155
The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Sakiko Suzuki was obsessed with cash. She scared off potential friends by constantly talking about her savings account, and potential suitors by demanding that they give her up front the money they would have spent taking her out on a date. After college, her family suggests she get a job as a bank teller. She's promptly hired, but soon grows disillusioned by the job, because she's counting other people's cash. Then, bank robbers kidnap her and stuff her in a trunk with a bright yellow suitcase filled with stolen money. The thieves take a wrong turn in the woods and crash their car. Sakiko escapes with the briefcase but falls into a river and winds up in an underground pool, where she tries to kill herself by drowning after letting go of the suitcase. Instead, she washes up downstream and is given medical leave by the bank.

Scriptwriter

Wood Job!
Wood Job! (2014)

Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Itō, Naomi Nishida, Yūka, Akira Emoto
Rating74% 3.7450753.7450753.7450753.7450753.745075
The story revolves around Yuki Hirano (played by Shota Sometani), who, after failing his university entrance examinations and being left by his girlfriend, decides to join a forestry training program on seeing an attractive female face (Nagasawa) on a promotional leaflet. However, he soon discovers that the job is harder than he expected, working under the hard-working superior played by Hideaki Ito.
Swing Girls
Swing Girls (2004)
, 1h45
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Juri Ueno, Yūta Hiraoka, Yuika Motokariya, Nagisa Abe, Noriko Eguchi, Fumiyo Kohinata
Roles Ecrivain
Rating74% 3.7483053.7483053.7483053.7483053.748305
On a hot summer's day, 13 schoolgirls are bored in a remedial math class. One girl, Tomoko, watches the school's brass band leave to perform at a baseball game, but they have forgotten their bento lunches. Tomoko and the other girls persuade their teacher, Mr Ozawa, to let them deliver the lunches. On the train, Tomoko eats a lunch, and the girls fall asleep and miss their stop. By the time they deliver the lunches to the swing band, they have spoiled, and all 42 band members become sick. Only the cymbal player, Nakamura, whose lunch Tomoko ate, is unaffected.
Waterboys
Waterboys (2001)
, 1h30
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Aya Hirayama, Takatoshi Kaneko, Kaori Manabe, Tetta Sugimoto
Rating70% 3.5433753.5433753.5433753.5433753.543375
Suzuki is a high-school student who aspires to become a great swimmer; however, he is the only person in the school's swimming team. Soon, a beautiful new swimming teacher starts work at the high school. Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming (which is generally a women's sport), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out. The teacher soon takes maternity leave, and for some time the team is on hiatus. However, when Suzuki watches a dolphin show he decides to ask the dolphin trainer to be their coach.
My Secret Cache
My Secret Cache (1997)
, 1h23
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Naomi Nishida, Yōji Tanaka, Taketoshi Naito, Takako Katō
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.4851553.4851553.4851553.4851553.485155
The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Sakiko Suzuki was obsessed with cash. She scared off potential friends by constantly talking about her savings account, and potential suitors by demanding that they give her up front the money they would have spent taking her out on a date. After college, her family suggests she get a job as a bank teller. She's promptly hired, but soon grows disillusioned by the job, because she's counting other people's cash. Then, bank robbers kidnap her and stuff her in a trunk with a bright yellow suitcase filled with stolen money. The thieves take a wrong turn in the woods and crash their car. Sakiko escapes with the briefcase but falls into a river and winds up in an underground pool, where she tries to kill herself by drowning after letting go of the suitcase. Instead, she washes up downstream and is given medical leave by the bank.

Producer

Waterboys
Waterboys (2001)
, 1h30
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Aya Hirayama, Takatoshi Kaneko, Kaori Manabe, Tetta Sugimoto
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.5433753.5433753.5433753.5433753.543375
Suzuki is a high-school student who aspires to become a great swimmer; however, he is the only person in the school's swimming team. Soon, a beautiful new swimming teacher starts work at the high school. Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming (which is generally a women's sport), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out. The teacher soon takes maternity leave, and for some time the team is on hiatus. However, when Suzuki watches a dolphin show he decides to ask the dolphin trainer to be their coach.