Shinobu YAGUCHI 矢口史靖

Waterboys

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Even though all-boys Tadamo High School is known to have the worst swim-team, a pretty new swim coach gets a whole crop of new volunteers – that is, until they find out that she has synchronized swimming in mind. Nevertheless, five stick around. A wonderful comedy!

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. 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.