- Shinobu Yaguchi
Shinobu Yaguchi (矢口史靖; born
30 May 1967 ) is a Japanesefilm director andscreenwriter . 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 .Selected filmography
Director
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2004 "Swing Girls " This comedy follows the unlikely (but fact-based) story of a group of girls who decide to form, of all things, a traditional jazz band. The cast is largely cast with actual members of the band performing their own numbers, mostly while wearing their high school sailor suit uniforms.:
2002 "Parco Fiction ":
2001 "Waterboys" The high concept, high school comedy is, like his later "Swing Girls," based in fact. This film relates the travails of a group of teenage boys who seek fame in, of all ventures, the world of synchronized swimming. This was later made into a popular eleven-part drama shown on Japanese TV.:
1999 "One Piece! " A series of short films made in conjunction with Takuji Suzuki. The rules: the directors must create a short film without the use of any camera movement or editing - a story told in "one piece" of celluloid. This experiment enjoyed great success on the film festival circuit, and is now only available on an extended Japanese-only DVD. Not to be confused with the anime series.:
1999 "Adorenarin doraibu " aka "Adrenaline Drive". This widely-distributed low-budget romance tells the story of young driver's unfortunate encounter with yakuza gone bad - and the strange, terrifying chase that results.:
1997 "Himitsu no hanazono" aka "My Secret Cache" The hilarious comedy of a bank teller who hopes she'll somehow luck into a vast sum of cash - and does, only to have it slip from her fingers. The film evolves into a series of wild adventures as she tries to regain that lost wealth. Not to be confused with the drama series.:
1996 "Bird Watching" This short film won acclaim in several international film festivals.:
1993 "Hadashi no pikunikku " aka "Down the Drain" This black comedy is an inversion of his later "Himitsu no hanazono" - a madcap series of misadvantures that chases our heroine through a less-than-friendly depiction of modern Japan.External links
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