Shinobu Yaguchi | |
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Born |
Japan |
May 30, 1967
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
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.