Shinji Aoyama

Director

1964-07-13 – 2022-03-25 · 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 awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.

• Eureka (2001) — Director, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer
• AA (2006) — Director
• Backwater (2013) — Director
• My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005) — Director, Writer
• License to Live (1999) — man in pub
• The Guard from Underground (1992) — Assistant Director
• Barren Illusion (1999) — Fascist
• Desert Moon (2001) — Director, Screenplay
• Tokyo Park (2011) — Director, Writer
• Helpless (1996) — Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
• Cut (2011) — Co-Writer
• Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003) — Director, Writer
• Sad Vacation (2007) — Director, Novel, Screenplay
• An Obsession (1997) — Writer, Director, Editor
• Embalming (1999) — Screenplay, Director, Editor
• The Lakeside Murder Case (2005) — Director, Editor, Writer
• Living in the Sky (2020) — Screenplay, Director
• 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) — Director
• The Dream of Garuda (1994) — Screenplay
• The War and a Woman (2013) — Music
• BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025) — Screenplay
• Two Punks (1996) — Director
• Little Red Riding Hood (2008) — Writer, Director, Editor
• Shady Grove (1999) — Director, Screenplay