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Shinji Aoyama

Director, Writer, Editor, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born July 13, 1964Died March 25, 2022 (57 years)
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.

Known For

  • Eureka
  • My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
  • Sad Vacation
  • The Backwater
  • Helpless
  • The Guard from Underground
  • Lakeside Murder Case
  • Cut
  • EM Embalming
  • Tokyo Park
  • Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
  • Wild Life
  • Shady Grove
  • Two Punks
  • Crickets
  • Living in Your Sky
  • The Written Face
  • The Dream of Garuda
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist
  • Berlin
  • The Private Detective Mike Hama
  • Atonement song

Shinji Aoyama Filmography

2026
A Weapon in My Heart · as Screenplay
2025
2020
Living in Your Sky · as Screenplay
2015
Broken Hearts for Sale · as Screenplay
2011
2007
Sad Vacation · as Novel
2006
2005
2004
2002
2002
2001
Desert Moon · as Screenplay
2000
1999
EM Embalming · as Screenplay
1999
Shady Grove · as Screenplay
1997
1997
Wild Life · as Screenplay
1996
Helpless · as Screenplay
1994
The Dream of Garuda · as Screenplay

2011
2001
Kuroe · as Kitano
1999
Barren Illusion · as Fascist
1998
License to Live · as Man In Pub
1996
Helpless · as Cast

2007
Bokura no jidai (TV Series) · as Self

2026
A Weapon in My Heart · as Original Music Composer
2015
Atonement song (TV Series) · as Composer
2013
The Backwater · as Composer
2011
Cut · as Co-Writer
2011
Tokyo Park · as Composer
2000
Eureka · as Original Music Composer
1999
Shady Grove · as Composer
1996
Helpless · as Original Music Composer
1995
Berlin · as Assistant Director
1995
The Written Face · as Assistant Director
1995
1995
1992
The Guard from Underground · as Assistant Director

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