Shinji Aoyama

Shinji Aoyama

Рождение : 1964-07-13, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Смерть : 2022-03-25

История

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.

Профиль

Shinji Aoyama
Shinji Aoyama

Фильмы

Living In Your Sky
Screenplay
In the time after Naomi’s parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor Morinori Tokito who lives in the same apartment building.
Living In Your Sky
Director
In the time after Naomi’s parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor Morinori Tokito who lives in the same apartment building.
Goldfish Princess
Director
One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the legendary black ranchu and asks Jun for his help. The two strangers begin living together and growing closer. Their fate goes in an unexpected direction.
Haruneko
Producer
Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.
True Horror Story
Director
Broken Hearts for Sale
Director
An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".
Backwater
Director
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 towards his lover and soon finds himself following in his father’s footsteps.
The War and a Woman
Music
Set towards the end of World War II, Nomura (Masatoshi Nagase) is a writer who is in despair. A woman works in bar and is a former prostitute. Many years ago, her father sold her to a brothel due to the family's severe financial hardships. The writer and the woman then agree to live as husband and wife until the war ends. The woman doesn't feel sexual pleasures due to her past, while the man lusts for the woman's body. Meanwhile, Ohira (Jun Murakami) fought for Japan in China. He participated in unconscionable acts against civilians in the name of war. He returns to Japan with only one arm. Ohira then begins to prey on innocent women.
60 секунд одиночества в нулевом году
Director
Альманах, состоящий из шестидесяти кино-открыток длиной в одну минуту, которые сняли 60 режиссеров из разных стран мира. Проект разработан как ода 35-миллиметровой пленке и посвящен сохранению свободы мысли в кино.
Снято!
Co-Writer
Сюдзи — молодой режиссер, не терпящий компромиссов и не вписывающийся в японское общество. Его брат-ростовщик, который помогал финансировать его фильмы, задолжал мафии, и якудза с ним разделались. Долговые обязательства ложатся на Сюдзи. Чтобы расплатиться, он дает бандитам избивать себя за деньги. Во время избиений он выкрикивает названия великих фильмов и имена великих режиссеров.
Tokyo Park
Writer
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 called Tominaga and his step-sister Misaki begin to change subtly.
Tokyo Park
Director
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 called Tominaga and his step-sister Misaki begin to change subtly.
Three☆Points
Three stories, depicted in three different styles, unfold in three locations: "Kyoto", a lyrical improvised drama based on documentar y footage following local rappers, which is blended with fiction; "Okinawa", a documentary about intriguing characters who Yamamoto met by chance; and " Tokyo", an otherworldly love story about a man dealing with loss who drifts through life, and a woman who pretends to be his deceased wife.
R246 STORY
Screenplay
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
Self
An overview of the life and work of legendary Japanese filmmaker Kijû Yoshida, a notable figure of the Japanese New Wave.
Le petit chaperon rouge
Writer
Delphine is twenty years old. She is too young to have experienced the activism of the seventies, but for her it is not something that belongs to the past. She decides to find something that will allow her to act and which, she claims, is owed to her.
Le petit chaperon rouge
Director
Delphine is twenty years old. She is too young to have experienced the activism of the seventies, but for her it is not something that belongs to the past. She decides to find something that will allow her to act and which, she claims, is owed to her.
Sad Vacation
Screenplay
Kenji Shiraishi is involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants from China to Japan. One such case leaves an immigrant child to be an orphan. Instead of selling him along with others that arrived, Kenji flees with the boy to look after him and make an attempt at everyday life. The people after the boy, unexpected encounters with long-lost family members, and his vengeful nature are standing in the way of his future.
Sad Vacation
Novel
Kenji Shiraishi is involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants from China to Japan. One such case leaves an immigrant child to be an orphan. Instead of selling him along with others that arrived, Kenji flees with the boy to look after him and make an attempt at everyday life. The people after the boy, unexpected encounters with long-lost family members, and his vengeful nature are standing in the way of his future.
Sad Vacation
Director
Kenji Shiraishi is involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants from China to Japan. One such case leaves an immigrant child to be an orphan. Instead of selling him along with others that arrived, Kenji flees with the boy to look after him and make an attempt at everyday life. The people after the boy, unexpected encounters with long-lost family members, and his vengeful nature are standing in the way of his future.
AA
Director
"AA" is a documentary about Akira Aida (mostly known as Aquirax Aida), a japanese music critic who introduced free jazz, improvisation, and progressive rock to Japan. It's based on interviews with 12 critics and musicians who had connections with him. This is a documentary that considers the past, present and future of improvisation.
Crickets
Director
Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she takes care of an old deaf, dumb and blind man as if he were an insect, a child or a pet. He can’t do anything for himself, so she feeds him and accompanies him on his walks. This strong mutual dependency offers Kaoru an escape from society and allows her to free herself from restrictions imposed by common sense.
Мой Бог, Мой Бог, почему ты оставил меня?
Writer
2015 год. В мире свирепствует странный вирус, который, проникая в мозг человека, заставляет его покончить с собой. В Японии уже убили себя 10 миллионов человек. Нет никакого способа бороться против этой инфекции, несущей страх и отчаянье. Средства массовой информации называют эту болезнь «синдромом лемминга»... Мизуи и его напарник – музыканты-авангардисты. Они создают музыку-шум, извлекая ее из всего, что им удается найти. Они, кажется, не замечают происходящих вокруг них событий, пока к ним не приезжает некий стареющий магнат со своим телохранителем и своей внучкой. Внучка заражена вирусом. Оказывается, на концертах Мизуи и его друга заболевшие исцеляются. Магнат просит их исцелить его внучку, но музыканты поначалу не решаются ответить ему согласием, потому что не верят в благополучный исход дела.
Мой Бог, Мой Бог, почему ты оставил меня?
Director
2015 год. В мире свирепствует странный вирус, который, проникая в мозг человека, заставляет его покончить с собой. В Японии уже убили себя 10 миллионов человек. Нет никакого способа бороться против этой инфекции, несущей страх и отчаянье. Средства массовой информации называют эту болезнь «синдромом лемминга»... Мизуи и его напарник – музыканты-авангардисты. Они создают музыку-шум, извлекая ее из всего, что им удается найти. Они, кажется, не замечают происходящих вокруг них событий, пока к ним не приезжает некий стареющий магнат со своим телохранителем и своей внучкой. Внучка заражена вирусом. Оказывается, на концертах Мизуи и его друга заболевшие исцеляются. Магнат просит их исцелить его внучку, но музыканты поначалу не решаются ответить ему согласием, потому что не верят в благополучный исход дела.
The Lakeside Murder Case
Editor
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
The Lakeside Murder Case
Writer
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
The Lakeside Murder Case
Director
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
Writer
The main character Akihiko lives in an old apartment. He plays the guitar and sings his own pieces on the street, but this cannot be called his dream. He has a girlfriend. The owner of the apartment next-door constantly repeats Buddhist prayers night and day. On the floor above, there lives a strange middle-aged man who wants to be kicked out of the apartment. Such an ordinary day exists. Akihiko is standing still on the street at dawn.
Like a Desperado Under The Eaves
Director
The main character Akihiko lives in an old apartment. He plays the guitar and sings his own pieces on the street, but this cannot be called his dream. He has a girlfriend. The owner of the apartment next-door constantly repeats Buddhist prayers night and day. On the floor above, there lives a strange middle-aged man who wants to be kicked out of the apartment. Such an ordinary day exists. Akihiko is standing still on the street at dawn.
A Forest with No Name
Writer
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
A Forest with No Name
Director
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
Director
Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director who travels around Seoul with a digital camera .
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Director
Kenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, Kishu: a mountainous region that connects to the Pacific Ocean through a river. "To The Alley" (alternative title) is a documentary about Kenji's life. Incorporating 16 mm images from the writer's personal archive and adding new footage, director Shinji Aoyama travels through the paths of the life and art of the Japanese writer.
Desert Moon
Screenplay
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
Desert Moon
Director
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
Хлоя
Kitano
У молодой красавицы Хлои никак не проходит кашель. Рентген показал, что в легком девушки зреет лилия. После мучительной операции в легком Хлои завелся ещё один цветок. Похоже, ей суждено умереть. Возлюбленный пытается скрасить её последние дни и наполнить каждый миг существования неземной красотой.
Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
Director
Эврика
Editor
Рассказ о нескольких отверженных: шофере автобуса, подозреваемом в совершении преступления, двух детях-сиротах, их кузене - случайном студенте. Судьба, однажды случайно соединившая героев в одной точке, сводит их вновь.
Эврика
Original Music Composer
Рассказ о нескольких отверженных: шофере автобуса, подозреваемом в совершении преступления, двух детях-сиротах, их кузене - случайном студенте. Судьба, однажды случайно соединившая героев в одной точке, сводит их вновь.
Эврика
Writer
Рассказ о нескольких отверженных: шофере автобуса, подозреваемом в совершении преступления, двух детях-сиротах, их кузене - случайном студенте. Судьба, однажды случайно соединившая героев в одной точке, сводит их вновь.
Эврика
Director
Рассказ о нескольких отверженных: шофере автобуса, подозреваемом в совершении преступления, двух детях-сиротах, их кузене - случайном студенте. Судьба, однажды случайно соединившая героев в одной точке, сводит их вновь.
Бесплодные иллюзии
Паренёк слоняется по пустой хибаре, не ведая, чем себя занять, тихо садится на тахту... и так же тихо растворяется в воздухе, словно мираж. Миловидная почтовая служащая в глухих коридорах возится с принтером, как вдруг слышит странный вопрос странной женщины и цепенеет от страха.
Embalming
Editor
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
Embalming
Screenplay
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
Embalming
Director
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
Shady Grove
Screenplay
Rika, a bright, attractive, and driven young woman, is intent on marrying her dreamy boyfriend Seiichi Ono who is not only tall and handsome but also an up-and-coming executive. One day, Ono abruptly dumps her.
Shady Grove
Director
Rika, a bright, attractive, and driven young woman, is intent on marrying her dreamy boyfriend Seiichi Ono who is not only tall and handsome but also an up-and-coming executive. One day, Ono abruptly dumps her.
June 12, 1998
Director
Video documentary by Shinji Aoyama. Also known as At the Edge of Chaos.
An Obsession
Editor
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and resigns from the police force. All of a sudden, his lost gun used in a series of crimes.
An Obsession
Writer
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and resigns from the police force. All of a sudden, his lost gun used in a series of crimes.
An Obsession
Director
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and resigns from the police force. All of a sudden, his lost gun used in a series of crimes.
Wild Life
Screenplay
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.
Wild Life
Director
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.
Two Punks
Director
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
Беспомощность
Original Music Composer
Выйдя из тюрьмы, якудза Ясуо узнаёт от бывшего соратника, что его босс убит, а банда прекратила существование. Однако Ясуо не верит товарищу и отправляется на поиски подставившего его босса, предварительно поручив старому знакомому Кэндзи заботиться о своей психически неполноценной сестре Юри. Однако, Кэндзи не всегда так спокоен и уравновешен, как кажется на первый взгляд.
Беспомощность
Screenplay
Выйдя из тюрьмы, якудза Ясуо узнаёт от бывшего соратника, что его босс убит, а банда прекратила существование. Однако Ясуо не верит товарищу и отправляется на поиски подставившего его босса, предварительно поручив старому знакомому Кэндзи заботиться о своей психически неполноценной сестре Юри. Однако, Кэндзи не всегда так спокоен и уравновешен, как кажется на первый взгляд.
Беспомощность
Director
Выйдя из тюрьмы, якудза Ясуо узнаёт от бывшего соратника, что его босс убит, а банда прекратила существование. Однако Ясуо не верит товарищу и отправляется на поиски подставившего его босса, предварительно поручив старому знакомому Кэндзи заботиться о своей психически неполноценной сестре Юри. Однако, Кэндзи не всегда так спокоен и уравновешен, как кажется на первый взгляд.
Yûri
Assistant Director
Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which contains Nanami's dead boyfriend. Masayuki joins the journey.
Celebrate Cinema 101
Director
This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.
A Weapon in My Heart
Director
A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel members. The detective and the woman manage to escape, but they are soon hounded by a professional hitman hired to eliminate them and recover the heroin stolen by the woman.
BeRLiN
Assistant Director
When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin searching for her. Coincidentally, a salary-man who saw the disappeared woman and wants to meet her again is found and joins the crew. Together they follow the clues. She has an amulet, which looks like a small bag, which she always hangs from her neck. It contains a piece of the Berlin wall.
Написанное лицо
Assistant Director
Знаменитый актер театра Кабуки, выступающий в жанре Оннагата, рассуждает о женственности и взгляде мужчины на женское искусство. Ему вторят легендарные актрисы, танцовщицы и гейши прошлого. Танец и жест значат в этом фильме намного больше, чем слова.
The Dream of Garuda
Screenplay
A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. So obsessed is he with revenge he sees her in every woman he meets. After carrying out vicious attacks on a prostitute and a young girl he finally comes face to face with her.
Адская стража
Assistant Director
Юную Акико берут на должность арт-менеджера в новый 12-й отдел корпорации Акэбоно, занимающей огромное здание где-то на окраине. В тот же день на вахте появляется новый охранник, угрюмый бугай под 2 метра ростом, по слухам, когда-то бросивший сумо. А по радио то и дело пугают страшилками про убийцу-психопата в бегах и, как на грех, тоже бывшего сумоиста. Нечеловеческие страсти тихо тлеют в мрачных коридорах компании Акэбоно, как в кривом зеркале отражая закоулки психики инфернального мессии-дегенерата.