Directing
Shinji Higuchi
- Titles
- 64movies17TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19902025
- Directed
- 23titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Neon Genesis Evangelion93/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Tech & Humanity5.7average 1.6
- Warfare5.3average 1.2
- Futuristic4.5average 1.0
- Fantasy4.8average 1.8
- Violence7.0average 4.3
- Uncanny5.1average 2.5
- Wonder6.0average 3.4
- Politics5.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.2
- Crime2.0, average 3.7
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Visually Striking 4
- Kaiju Action 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Epic Scale 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Cult Classic 2
- Kaiju Disaster 2
- Giant Monster Thriller 2
- Political Satire 2
- Giant Monsters 2
- Technological Warfare 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hideaki AnnoActorShin Godzilla, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Shin Ultraman, +8 more
Megumi HayashibaraActorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film, Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Motomu KiyokawaActorRevival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III- AAkio SatsukawaEditorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
Shoichi MasuoDirectorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II- TTakeshi MoriDirectorNadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III, Vandread Integral, Vandread Turbulence
MasayukiDirectorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
Shiro SagisuComposerShin Godzilla, Attack on Titan, Attack on Titan II: End of the World, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Shin Ultraman
Koichi YamaderaActorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Fumihiko TachikiActorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, Revival of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Kenyu HoriuchiActorThunderbirds 55/GOGO, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
Hiroki HasegawaActorShin Godzilla, Attack on Titan, Attack on Titan II: End of the World, Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic
Movies and TV shows
632020s
12 titles · average score 68
EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening (2026)
Production Supervisor
65
Bullet Train Explosion (2025)
Director
Luca on the Road (2024)
TV show · as Takashi Shiomi
73
Kyrie (2023)
as Takashi Shiomi
Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic (2023)
as Co-Director
SHIN GODZILLA: ORTHOchromatic (2023)
Director, Production Supervisor
68
Shin Ultraman (2022)
Storyboard Artist, Director
Ribbon (2022)
Special Effects
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO (2022)
Writer, Editor
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
Original Concept, Story
8日で死んだ怪獣の12日の物語 －劇場版－ (2020)
Original Concept
2010s
9 titles · average score 61
70
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Visual Effects Director, Director
55
Attack on Titan (2015)
Director
69
The Floating Castle (2012)
Director
70
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
Storyboard Artist
Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams (2011)
Storyboard Artist
46
Death Kappa (2010)
as Reporter
2000s
18 titles · average score 63
78
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
Assistant Script, Storyboard Artist
58
The Last Princess (2008)
Director
75
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
Storyboard Artist
55
Japan Sinks (2006)
Director
62
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
56
A Forest with No Name (2003)
as No. 19
Vandread Turbulence (2002)
Director
Vandread Integral (2001)
Director
56
The Princess Blade (2001)
Visual Effects
1990s
18 titles · average score 71
72
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Creature Design, Visual Effects Director
65
Evangelion: Death (True)² (1998)
Screenplay
77
Revival of Evangelion (1998)
Screenplay
78
His and Her Circumstances (1998)
TV show · as Member B (voice)
81
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Storyboard Artist
72
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
Visual Effects Director, Creature Design
70
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Special Effects
64
Otaku no Video (1991)
Storyboard
1980s
6 titles · average score 71
The Men Who Made Ultraman (1989)
Special Effects
Dragon Quest Fantasia Video (1988)
Special Effects
70
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Assistant Director
64
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Special Effects
Orochi Strikes Again (1985)
Visual Effects, Special Effects
80
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Special Effects