Shinji Aoyama Movies

  • 2001
    Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn

    Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn

    Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn

    02001HD

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

    Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn
  • 2008
    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    02008HD

    An overview of the life and work of legendary Japanese filmmaker Kijû Yoshida, a notable figure of the Japanese New Wave.

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
  • 2013
    The War and a Woman

    The War and a Woman

    The War and a Woman

    4.22013HD

    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...

    The War and a Woman
  • 1994
    The Dream of Garuda

    The Dream of Garuda

    The Dream of Garuda

    51994HD

    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...

    The Dream of Garuda
  • 2001
    Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age

    Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age

    Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age

    02001HD

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

    Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
  • 2007
    Sad Vacation

    Sad Vacation

    Sad Vacation

    6.82007HD

    Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this...

    Sad Vacation
  • 2003
    A Forest with No Name

    A Forest with No Name

    A Forest with No Name

    4.72003HD

    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...

    A Forest with No Name
  • 1999
    Shady Grove

    Shady Grove

    Shady Grove

    3.51999HD

    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...

    Shady Grove
  • 2003
    海流から遠く離れて

    海流から遠く離れて

    海流から遠く離れて

    02003HD

    Commissioned by Yokohama National University, the film follows a man nearly twenty years after his graduation, who, facing a deadlock in his...

    海流から遠く離れて
  • 2000
    Eureka

    Eureka

    Eureka

    7.72000HD

    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
  • 1995
    Not in the Textbooks!

    Not in the Textbooks!

    Not in the Textbooks!

    01995HD

    Pinku film adapted from popular adult comic series “Not in the textbooks!”. This direct-to-video “v-cinema” is the...

    Not in the Textbooks!
  • 1997
    An Obsession

    An Obsession

    An Obsession

    61997HD

    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...

    An Obsession
  • 2020
    Living in the Sky

    Living in the Sky

    Living in the Sky

    7.72020HD

    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...

    Living in the Sky
  • 2001
    Chloe

    Chloe

    Chloe

    62001HD

    Kotaro and Kuroe marry almost immediately in a Christian ceremony and move into an apartment. Life is completely joyous until, one day, Kuroe falls...

    Chloe
  • 2003
    Deka Matsuri

    Deka Matsuri

    Deka Matsuri

    02003HD

    12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes"

    Deka Matsuri
  • 1996
    Two Punks

    Two Punks

    Two Punks

    5.31996HD

    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...

    Two Punks
  • 2001
    Desert Moon

    Desert Moon

    Desert Moon

    6.22001HD

    A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know...

    Desert Moon
  • 2008
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    5.82008HD

    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...

    Little Red Riding Hood
  • 2013
    Backwater

    Backwater

    Backwater

    5.92013HD

    Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma...

    Backwater
  • 2011
    Three☆Points

    Three☆Points

    Three☆Points

    5.72011HD

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

    Three☆Points