Shinobu Yaguchi : biography
30 May 1967 –
Selected filmography
Director
Year | Title | Synopsis | Genre |
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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 |