Shinji Aoyama

Known for: Directing
Born: July 13, 1964, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: March 25, 2022
Movies: 57

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Eureka

2001

4.6

2006

6.1

Backwater

2013

7.4

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

2005

6.3

License to Live

1999

5.7

Barren Illusion

1999

6.1

Desert Moon

2001

6.2

Tokyo Park

2011

6.4

Helpless

1996

5.5

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

2003

Filmography

2015	Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2011	Three☆Points
2008	Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?	Self
2003	The Detective Who Can Say No
2001	Tampen	Man
2001	Chloe	Kitano
1999	Barren Illusion	Fascist
1999	License to Live	man in pub

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues	Screenplay
2020	Living in the Sky	Director, Screenplay
2020	Goldfish Princess	Director
2016	Haruneko	Producer
2016	カラフルな細いパイプ	Director
2015	Give my regards to Yakima Canutt	Director
2015	FuGAK 3／Farewell, My Dear Eien.	Director
2015	Broken Hearts for Sale	Director
2014	FUGAKU 2 / The SEAGULL The Shots	Director
2013	Backwater	Director
2013	FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House	Director
2011	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero	Director
2011	Tokyo Park	Writer, Director
2010	DOWN	Director
2008	R246 STORY	Screenplay
2008	Little Red Riding Hood	Writer, Director
2007	Sad Vacation	Director, Screenplay
2006	AA	Director
2006	Crickets	Director
2005	Wish You Were Here	Director
2005	My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?	Director, Writer
2005	The Lakeside Murder Case	Director, Writer
2004	Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta	Director
2003	TRUNK	Director
2003	Days in the Shade	Director
2003	海流から遠く離れて	Director
2003	Like a Desperado Under the Eaves	Director, Writer
2003	Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name	Director, Writer
2003	Deka Matsuri	Director
2003	The Detective Who Can Say No	Director
2003	Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project	Director
2002	Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano	Director
2001	phew video	Director
2001	To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out	Director, Writer
2001	Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn	Director
2001	Desert Moon	Director, Screenplay
2001	Eureka	Director, Writer
2001	Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age	Director
1999	Embalming	Director, Screenplay
1999	Shady Grove	Director, Screenplay
1999	June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos	Director
1997	An Obsession	Writer, Director
1997	Wild Life	Director, Screenplay
1996	Two Punks	Director
1996	A Weapon in My Heart	Director, Screenplay
1996	Helpless	Director, Screenplay
1996	Celebrate Cinema 101	Director
1995	Not in the Textbooks!	Director, Screenplay
1994	The Dream of Garuda	Screenplay

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