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Shinji Aoyama (1964-2022)

Birthplace:
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Born:
July 13, 1964

Died:
March 25, 2022

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  Yûri

Co-Writer:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  Yûri
2011  Cut

Director:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Editor:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Music:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Novel:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Original Music Composer:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Producer:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  Haruneko
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Screenplay:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1994  The Dream of Garuda
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2008  R246 STORY
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  Haruneko
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky

Writer:
1992  The Guard from Underground
1994  The Dream of Garuda
1995  BeRLiN
1995  Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995  The Written Face
1996  A Weapon in My Heart
1996  Celebrate Cinema 101
1996  Helpless
1996  Two Punks
1996  Yûri
1997  An Obsession
1997  Wild Life
1999  Embalming
1999  June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
1999  Shady Grove
2000  Eureka
2001  Desert Moon
2001  Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
2001  To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2003  A Forest with No Name
2003  Deka Matsuri
2003  Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
2003  Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2004  The Lakeside Murder Case
2005  My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2006  AA
2006  Crickets
2007  Sad Vacation
2008  Le Petit Chaperon rouge
2008  R246 STORY
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Cut
2011  Tokyo Park
2013  Backwater
2013  The War and a Woman
2015  Broken Hearts for Sale
2016  Haruneko
2016  True Horror Story
2020  Goldfish Princess
2020  Living in the Sky
????  BAUS 映画から船出した映画館

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TV Production

Director:
2002  The Private Detective Mike
2019  Saijō no propose

Writer:
2002  The Private Detective Mike
2019  Saijō no propose

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