Shinobu Yaguchi

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Shinobu Yaguchi bigraphy, stories - japanese film director

Shinobu Yaguchi : biography

30 May 1967 –

Selected filmography

Director

Year Title Synopsis Genre
1993 Down the Drain (Hadashi no Pikunikku) After trying to use her friend’s train pass, schoolgirl Junko (Noburu Iguchi) experiences a series of misadventures as she makes her way through a less-than-friendly depiction of modern Japan. Black comedy
1996 Bird Watching Short film
1997 My Secret Cache (Himitsu no hanazono) Bank teller Sakiko Suzuki (Naomi Nishida) experiences a series of bad luck as she chases her money through her hometown. Not to be confused with the 2007 TV series. Comedy
1999 Adrenaline Drive (Adorenarin doraibu) Nerdy clerk Suzuki (Masanobu Ando)’s car bumps into another car and finds himself facing Kuroiwa (Kirina Mano), who turns out to be a gangster. And so begins a crazy chase that will soon gain him adventure, confidence, and love with a shy nurse. Black comedy
1999 One Piece! The rules: directors must create a short film without using any camera movement or editing. A story has to be told in "one piece" of celluloid. Not to be confused with the anime series. Short film
2001 Waterboys Based on a true event that chronicles five boys’ attempts to form a synchronized swimming team at their high school. The film’s success sparked a TV spin-off, its TV sequel and a two-part TV special. Comedy
2002 Parco Fiction Toru struggles with the madcap fall-out of an environmental matter that somehow lands in his convenience store. Comedy
2004 Swing Girls Based on a true story of high school girls’ efforts to form a traditional jazz band in rural Yamagata prefecture. Comedy
2008 Happy Flight Pilots, flight attendants and passengers struggle to cope with a number of misadventures during their Japan-Hawaii flight. Comedy