Shinji Aoyama

Director

Born: July 13, 1964 (57 years old)

Died: March 25, 2022

Place of birth: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Biography

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 (22)

• BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025, ★ 9.4)
• Eureka (2001, ★ 7.8)
• The Private Detective Mike (2002, ★ 8.4)
• My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005, ★ 7.2)
• Sad Vacation (2007, ★ 6.8)
• Cut (2011, ★ 7.1)
• Living in the Sky (2020, ★ 7.7)
• Barren Illusion (1999, ★ 5.6)
• License to Live (1999, ★ 6.1)
• The Lakeside Murder Case (2005, ★ 6.4)
• Helpless (1996, ★ 6.1)
• Desert Moon (2001, ★ 5.8)
• An Obsession (1997, ★ 6)
• Tokyo Park (2011, ★ 6.2)
• Backwater (2013, ★ 5.7)
• The Guard from Underground (1992, ★ 5.9)
• A Forest with No Name (2003, ★ 4.7)
• AA (2006, ★ 4.6)
• The War and a Woman (2013, ★ 4.2)
• Embalming (1999, ★ 4.4)
• 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011, ★ 3.8)
• The Dream of Garuda (1994, ★ 4.3)