YAGUCHI Shinobu
Born in 1967, he won the 1990 Pia Film Festival Grand Prix with his feature-length 8mm Rain Bringer(1990). With the scholarship money he received, he then made his 16mm debut with Down the Drain(1993). After that, Swing Girls(2004) won five Awards of the Japanese Academy, for Best Screenplay, Best Music Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Most Popular Film.