Shinji Aoyama

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Shinji Aoyama

Directing July 13, 1964

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Shinji Aoyama (July 13, 1964 - March 25, 2022) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awa…

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Eureka

Eureka

7.8 2001 Movie
The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

8.5 2002 TV Show
AA

AA

4.6 2006 Movie
Backwater

Backwater

6.1 2013 Movie
License to Live

License to Live

6.3 1999 Movie
The Guard from Underground

The Guard from Underground

6.1 1992 Movie
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

7.4 2005 Movie
Desert Moon

Desert Moon

6.1 2001 Movie
Sad Vacation

Sad Vacation

7.0 2007 Movie
Cut

Cut

7.1 2011 Movie
Barren Illusion

Barren Illusion

5.7 1999 Movie
Tokyo Park

Tokyo Park

6.2 2011 Movie

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Shinji Aoyama (July 13, 1964 - March 25, 2022) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 2020
    Living in the Sky

    Movie Director

  3. 2020
    Goldfish Princess

    Movie Director

  4. 2019
    Saijō no propose

    TV show Director

  5. 2016
    Haruneko

    Movie Producer

  6. 2016
    カラフルな細いパイプ

    Movie Director

  7. 2015
    Give my regards to Yakima Canutt

    Movie Director

  8. 2015
    FuGAK 3／Farewell, My Dear Eien.

    Movie Director

  9. 2015
    Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

    Movie

  10. 2015
    Broken Hearts for Sale

    Movie Director

  11. 2015
    Shokuzai no Sonata

    TV show Director

  12. 2014
    FUGAKU 2 / The SEAGULL The Shots

    Movie Director

  13. 2013
    Backwater

    Movie Director

  14. 2013
    FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House

    Movie Director

  15. 2013
    The War and a Woman

    Movie Music

  16. 2011
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2011
    Cut

    Movie Co-Writer

  2. 2011
    Tokyo Park

    Movie Writer

  3. 2011
    Three☆Points

    Movie

  4. 2010
    DOWN

    Movie Director

  5. 2008
    R246 STORY

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 2008
    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Movie Self

  7. 2008
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Movie Writer

  8. 2007
    Sad Vacation

    Movie Director

  9. 2006
    AA

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Crickets

    Movie Director

  11. 2005
    Wish You Were Here

    Movie Director

  12. 2005
    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    Movie Director

  13. 2005
    The Lakeside Murder Case

    Movie Director

  14. 2004
    Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta

    Movie Director

  15. 2003
    TRUNK

    Movie Director

  16. 2003
    Days in the Shade

    Movie Director

  17. 2003
    海流から遠く離れて

    Movie Director

  18. 2003
    Like a Desperado Under the Eaves

    Movie Director

  19. 2003
    Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

    Movie Director

  20. 2003
    The Detective Who Can Say No

    Movie

  21. 2003
    Deka Matsuri

    Movie Director

  22. 2003
    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

    Movie Director

  23. 2002
    Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano

    Movie Director

  24. 2002
    The Private Detective Mike

    TV show Director