Directed credits
43
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Directing
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Directed movies: 40Directed series: 3All crew credits: 53
TMDB ID: 119493
IMDb ID: nm0031888
Known for: Directing
Born: July 13, 1964
Died: March 25, 2022
Age: 57
Place of birth: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1992 - 2025
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6
Wikidata: Q926034
Frequent jobs
Director (37)Assistant Director (6)Screenplay (4)Writer (3)Co-Writer (1)Music (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Shinji Aoyama.
Goldfish Princess
Director
2020 Movie
Give my regards to Yakima Canutt
Director
2015 Movie
Broken Hearts for Sale
Director
2015 Movie
5.7
Backwater
Director
2013 Movie
FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House
Director
2013 Movie
3.8
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
6.2
Tokyo Park
Director
2011 Movie
6.8
Sad Vacation
Director
2007 Movie
4.6
AA
Director
2006 Movie
7.0
Crickets
Director
2006 Movie
7.2
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Director
2005 Movie
6.4
The Lakeside Murder Case
Director
2005 Movie
Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta
Director
2004 Movie
TRUNK
Director
2003 Movie
Days in the Shade
Director
2003 Movie
海流から遠く離れて
Director
2003 Movie
4.7
A Forest with No Name
Director
2003 Movie
Deka Matsuri
Director
2003 Movie
The Detective Who Can Say No
Director
2003 Movie
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
Director
2003 Movie
phew video
Director
2001 Movie
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Director
2001 Movie
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn
Director
2001 Movie
5.8
Desert Moon
Director
2001 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Shinji Aoyama.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Shinji Aoyama.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Shinji Aoyama.
The Detective Who Can Say No
Director
2003 Movie
7.7
Living in the Sky
Screenplay
2020 Movie
7.0
Wild Life
Director
1997 Movie
7.7
Eureka
Director
2001 Movie
5.7
Backwater
Director
2013 Movie
6.4
The Lakeside Murder Case
Director
2005 Movie
Deka Matsuri
Director
2003 Movie
7.2
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Director
2005 Movie
4.2
The War and a Woman
Music
2013 Movie
3.8
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
6.1
License to Live
as man in pub
1999 Movie
6.8
Sad Vacation
Director
2007 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Shinji Aoyama.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Shinji Aoyama.
9.4
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
Screenplay
2025 Movie
7.7
Living in the Sky
Screenplay
2020 Movie
Haruneko
Producer
2016 Movie
4.2
The War and a Woman
Music
2013 Movie
7.1
Cut
Co-Writer
2011 Movie
5.8
Little Red Riding Hood
Writer
2008 Movie
Like a Desperado Under the Eaves
Writer
2003 Movie
4.4
Embalming
Screenplay
1999 Movie
6.0
An Obsession
Writer
1997 Movie
4.3
The Dream of Garuda
Screenplay
1994 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Shinji Aoyama.
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015 Movie
5.7
Three☆Points
2011 Movie
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
as Self
2008 Movie
The Detective Who Can Say No
2003 Movie
Tampen
as Man
2001 Movie
6.0
Chloe
as Kitano
2001 Movie
5.6
Barren Illusion
as Fascist
1999 Movie
6.1
License to Live
as man in pub
1999 Movie