Shinji Aoyama Movies

Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.

Joe, a stuntman burdened with a past he wants to keep hidden, suffers a serious injury during a stunt. One day, as he nurses a drink, he continues...

Video documentary by Shinji Aoyama.

Three stories, depicted in three different styles, unfold in three locations: "Kyoto", a lyrical improvised drama based on documentar y footage...

An ensemble drama opens with the son of a celebrated actress staging his own play for his mother and her lover, a popular writer, at a lakeside home....

Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.

K, a projectionist, is taken to a lakeside deep in the mountains. There, in a place called “The Dog House”, he finds Professor Shiny in...

Created for the Short Shorts Film Festival 2010, DOWN is an experimental short in which individuals repeatedly collapse in public spaces, their falls...

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...

A bright, attractive, and driven young woman is intent on marrying her tall, handsome, and dreamy boyfriend. However, he abruptly dumps her.

"AA" is a documentary about Akira Aida (mostly known as Aquirax Aida), a japanese music critic who introduced free jazz, improvisation, and...

The film opens with distant shots of wind power plants, followed by a Pink Floyd song, and then focuses on a simple yet evocative image: a bonfire on...

Rinken Band represents the Okinawan pop music world. Director Aoyama Shinji (Eureka), one of those attracted to the band, focuses on the band's...

The final film in the FUGAKU series. Set on a university campus, the film parallels a gun battle between a group of people plotting to assassinate...

A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in...

In modern-day Kanazawa, writer Tokuda Shūsei returns to his hometown and is quietly drawn to Okine, the daughter of a fading inn. Inspired by...

Aoyama Shinji’s Film History—and simultaneously a chronicle of modern Japanese history—layers together images of present-day...

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:...

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...