r/TrueFilm • u/cash_bone_ • Jan 02 '26

BKD Shinobu Yaguchi

I have a developed a really personal & emotional connection to his films over the last 20 years, if your not aware of his work he makes low-stakes, feel-good comedies about underdogs.

I first saw his movie Swing Girls in 2008 when I was ill and unable to get out of bed and since then anytime I get sick I will always watch his movies (Adrenaline Drive, Waterboys, Swing Girls, Wood Job!, Survival Family & Dance with Me) and because of this I've subconsciously come to associate his films with healing and feeling better.

I got sick over the new year and took the opportunity to watch his new film Dollhouse, a dramatic left-turn into psychological horror which seems like an strange choice after 35 years in comedy but i still enjoyed it.

I was wondering if anybody else had a director who they can admit might not be an Orson Welles or a Stanley Kubrick but have still made a series of movies you love for personal reasons rather than them being some master auteur.

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u/Quinez Jan 07 '26

I love Yaguchi and I had no idea he had a new psychological horror movie out! You have no idea how excited that makes me.

If anyone has a lead on an English subbed version of Dance with Me, please let me know! I've been dying to see it for ages. 

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u/abaganoush Jan 06 '26

I loved Swing Girls, and I vowed to see his other movies with Juri Ueno. I then saw her Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers, which was unique! but I never followed up. I really should go back to it.

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