Shinobu YAGUCHI

矢口史靖

Shinobu YAGUCHI

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. Through a scholarship, the festival enabled him to shoot his feature debut DOWN THE DRAIN (1993). With his comedies such as WATERBOYS (2001 / NC ’05), ROBO-G (2012 / NC ’14) and SURVIVAL FAMILY (2017 / NC ’17), he has also found international success.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Can't Stop The Dancing, Japan 2019 (Script) NC21
Can't Stop The Dancing, Japan 2019 (Director) NC21
Survival Family, Japan 2017 (Director) NC17
Survival Family, Japan 2017 (Script) NC17
Robo-G, Japan 2012 (Director) NC14
Robo-G, Japan 2012 (Script) NC14
Swing Girls, Japan 2004 (Director) NC07
Swing Girls, Japan 2004 (Script) NC07
Waterboys, Japan 2001 (Director) NC05
Waterboys, Japan 2001 (Script) NC05
Adrenaline Drive, Japan 1999 (Director) NC03
Adrenaline Drive, Japan 1999 (Script) NC03
Parco Fiction, Japan 2002 (Director) NC03

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