Shinji Aoyama Movies
- 2001
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn02001HD
A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in...
- 2008
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.
- 2013
The War and a Woman
The War and a Woman4.22013HD
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...
- 1994
The Dream of Garuda
The Dream of Garuda51994HD
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...
- 2001
Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age02001HD
Aoyama Shinji’s Film History—and simultaneously a chronicle of modern Japanese history—layers together images of present-day...
- 2007
Sad Vacation
Sad Vacation6.82007HD
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this...
- 2003
A Forest with No Name
A Forest with No Name4.72003HD
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...
- 1999
Shady Grove
Shady Grove3.51999HD
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...
- 2003
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...
- 2000
Eureka
Eureka7.72000HD
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.
- 1995
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...
- 1997
An Obsession
An Obsession61997HD
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...
- 2020
Living in the Sky
Living in the Sky7.72020HD
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...
- 2001
Chloe
Chloe62001HD
Kotaro and Kuroe marry almost immediately in a Christian ceremony and move into an apartment. Life is completely joyous until, one day, Kuroe falls...
- 2003
Deka Matsuri
Deka Matsuri02003HD
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"
- 1996
Two Punks
Two Punks5.31996HD
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...
- 2001
Desert Moon
Desert Moon6.22001HD
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know...
- 2008
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood5.82008HD
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...
- 2013
Backwater
Backwater5.92013HD
Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma...
- 2011
Three☆Points
Three☆Points5.72011HD
Three stories, depicted in three different styles, unfold in three locations: "Kyoto", a lyrical improvised drama based on documentar y footage...