Directing
Shinji Aoyama
- Titles
- 63movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1994 to 2025, busiest in 2003 with 8 main titles.
- Directed
- 48titles as director
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
Eureka81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Scare5.4average 2.6
- Contemporary Realism7.9average 5.3
- Uncanny5.0average 2.5
- Crime6.0average 3.7
- Mystery6.4average 4.1
- Psychological7.8average 5.6
- Melancholy6.9average 4.7
- Dark Humor4.3average 2.8
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome1.4, average 3.3
- Historical0.6, average 2.6
- Romance2.1, average 3.8
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Thriller 4
- Anthology Film 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Yakuza 2
- Mystery 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMasaki TamuraCinematographerEureka, Sad Vacation, Helpless, The Lakeside Murder Case, Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name, +6 more
- IIsao YamadaComposerEureka, Backwater, Helpless, Wild Life, An Obsession, +1 more
Ken MitsuishiActorEureka, Backwater, Helpless, Shady Grove, A Weapon in My Heart
Tadanobu AsanoActorSad Vacation, Helpless, R246 STORY, My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?- HHiroyuki NagashimaComposerSad Vacation, The Lakeside Murder Case, My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?, Crickets
Yoichiro SaitoActorEureka, Sad Vacation, Helpless
Masatoshi NagaseActorMike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name, Living in the Sky, Tampen
Aoi MiyazakiActorEureka, Sad Vacation, My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Shingo TsurumiActorThe Lakeside Murder Case, Living in the Sky, My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Jun KunimuraActorWild Life, Goldfish Princess, Desert Moon
Tarō SuwaActorHelpless, An Obsession, Barren Illusion- YYūji ŌshigeEditorSad Vacation, Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name, Crickets
Movies and TV shows
62Type
Upcoming
1 title
Death Valley '95
Novel
2020s
3 titles
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025)
Screenplay
Living in the Sky (2020)
Screenplay, Director
Goldfish Princess (2020)
Director
2010s
13 titles · average score 57
Haruneko (2016)
Producer
カラフルな細いパイプ (2016)
Director
Broken Hearts for Sale (2015)
Director
61
Backwater (2013)
Director
62
Tokyo Park (2011)
Director, Writer
62
Cut (2011)
Co-Writer
2000s
26 titles · average score 66
R246 STORY (2008)
Screenplay
Little Red Riding Hood (2008)
Writer, Editor
65
Sad Vacation (2007)
Director, Novel
Crickets (2006)
Director
AA (2006)
Director
63
The Lakeside Murder Case (2005)
Writer, Director
69
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
Director, Writer
60
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003)
Director, Writer
81
Eureka (2001)
Editor, Original Music Composer
60
Desert Moon (2001)
Director, Screenplay
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (2001)
Writer, Director
Chloe (2001)
as Kitano
1990s
19 titles · average score 54
41
Embalming (1999)
Director, Editor
Shady Grove (1999)
Director, Screenplay
50
Barren Illusion (1999)
as Fascist
Wild Life (1997)
Screenplay, Director
An Obsession (1997)
Editor, Director
62
Helpless (1996)
Original Music Composer, Screenplay
Two Punks (1996)
Director
A Weapon in My Heart (1996)
Editor, Original Music Composer
The Written Face (1995)
Assistant Director
The Dream of Garuda (1994)
Screenplay
45
The Guard from Underground (1992)
Assistant Director