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Shinji Aoyama

Name in Native Language: "青山真治" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Novelist / Composer | * 07/13/1964 († 57, 03/21/2022) | Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)
Shinji Aoyama (青山 真治, Aoyama Shinji, 13 July 1964 – 21 March 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. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Romance / Love

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Based on a novel by Shinya Tanaka, this film is set in a quiet riverside town, where 17-year-old Tooma lives with his father and his father’s lover. Tooma witnesses his father’s sadistic behavior ...

Backwater

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2013 | 3.1/5 | 1h 42min
Drama
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Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to tak ...

Helpless

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1996 | 2.9/5 | 1h 20min
Drama, Crime
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In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose. ...

Eureka

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2000 | 3.8/5 | 3h 38min
Drama
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Koji, a university student and budding photographer, is asked by a man to secretly take pictures of his wife Yurika. As a result, his relationships with a girl who visits his part-time workplace calle ...

Tokyo Park

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2011 | 3.0/5 | 1h 59min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Shinji Aoyama

Mishima Yukio Prize
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Movies with Shinji Aoyama as Actor(4)

2011 Three☆Points
as himself2008 Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
as Kitano2001 Chloe
1999 Barren Illusion

Movies with Shinji Aoyama as Crew(54)

Directing/Director2020 Living In Your Sky
Writing/Screenplay2020 Living In Your Sky
Directing/Director2020 Goldfish Princess
Production/Producer2016 Haruneko
Directing/Director2016 True Horror Story
Sound/Music2013 The War and a Woman
Directing/Director2013 Backwater
Writing/Co-Writer2011 Cut
Directing/Director2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Directing/Director2011 Tokyo Park
Writing/Writer2011 Tokyo Park
Directing/Director2008 Le petit chaperon rouge
Writing/Writer2008 Le petit chaperon rouge
Writing/Screenplay2008 R246 STORY
Directing/Director2007 Sad Vacation
Writing/Novel2007 Sad Vacation
Writing/Screenplay2007 Sad Vacation
Directing/Director2006 Crickets
Directing/Director2005 My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Writing/Writer2005 My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Directing/Director2004 The Lakeside Murder Case
Editing/Editor2004 The Lakeside Murder Case
Writing/Writer2004 The Lakeside Murder Case
Directing/Director2003 A Forest with No Name
Writing/Writer2003 A Forest with No Name
Directing/Director2001 To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Directing/Director2001 Desert Moon
Writing/Screenplay2001 Desert Moon
Directing/Director2000 Eureka
Editing/Editor2000 Eureka
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 Eureka
Writing/Writer2000 Eureka
Directing/Director1999 Embalming
Editing/Editor1999 Embalming
Writing/Screenplay1999 Embalming
Directing/Director1999 Shady Grove
Writing/Screenplay1999 Shady Grove
Directing/Director1999 June 12, 1998
Directing/Director1997 Wild Life
Writing/Screenplay1997 Wild Life
Directing/Director1997 An Obsession
Editing/Editor1997 An Obsession
Writing/Writer1997 An Obsession
Directing/Director1996 Two Punks
Directing/Assistant Director1996 Yûri
Directing/Director1996 A Weapon in My Heart
Directing/Director1996 Helpless
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Helpless
Writing/Screenplay1996 Helpless
Directing/Assistant Director1995 The Written Face
Directing/Assistant Director1995 Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Directing/Assistant Director1995 BeRLiN
Writing/Screenplay1994 The Dream of Garuda
Directing/Assistant Director1992 The Guard from the Underground

TV Shows/Series with Shinji Aoyama as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2002 The Private Detective Mike
Writing/Writer2002 The Private Detective Mike

Full Name: Shinji Aoyama
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 07/13 1964 (July) in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Monday, 03/21 2022 (March) in Tokyo (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Rikkyo University
Employer: Tama Art University
Spouses (current/former): Maho Toyota
Other names for Shinji Aoyama (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"青山真治"
"아오야마 신지"
"青山 真治"
"あおやま しんじ" (Kana/Japanese)
Shinji Aoyama frequently works together with these people:
Masaki Tamura (10x, Crew)
Isao Yamada (8x, Crew)
Ken Mitsuishi (8x, Actor)
Taro Suwa (8x, Actor)
Masatoshi Nagase (7x, Actor)
Go Riju (7x, Actor)
Yôichirô Saitô (6x, Actor)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (6x, Crew)
Toshihiro Isomi (6x, Crew)
Tsuyoshi Shimizu (6x, Crew)
Nobuyuki Kikuchi (6x, Crew)
Ryo Iwamatsu (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:190915, Added: 07/16/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024