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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.
YearTitleStoryGenre2019Dance with Me (aka Can't Stop the ...A visit to a quack hypnotist that leaves ...Musical comedy2017A dysfunctional family of four make their ...Comedy2014A young man decides to join a forestry ...Comedy2012Three employees of the Kimura Electrical ...ComedyThis time, though, I was going to present "Survival Family," Yaguchi's latest comedy about the journey of a Tokyo family across Japan after the world's electricity grid goes down, at Asian...
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NameShinobu YaguchiJapanese:矢口史靖 (やぐち ふみやす)Birthdate:May 30, 1967Birthplace:JapanShinobu Yaguchi was born on 30 May 1967 in Isehara, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Wood Job! (2014), Swing Girls (2004) and Down the Drain (1993).
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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]
About Shinobu YAGUCHI矢口史靖. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1967, Shinobu YAGUCHI began shooting his first film on 8mm as a student at Tokyo Zokei University. In 1990, his short film THE RAIN WOMEN won the Grand Prize of the renowned PIA Film Festival.
Feb 5, 2015 · Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese director specialising in gentle feel-good comedy, usually involving societal outsiders that bond and grow via some unusual activity. 2001’s Waterboys told the story of a group of schoolboys who started a synchronised swimming team. The film spawned a popular TV spin-off as well as a couple of TV movies.
