Shinji Aoyama Movies

  • 1996
    Celebrate Cinema 101

    Celebrate Cinema 101

    Celebrate Cinema 101

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    This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.

    Celebrate Cinema 101
  • 1996
    Yûri

    Yûri

    Yûri

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    Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which...

    Yûri
  • 2001
    Tampen

    Tampen

    Tampen

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    Four short films produced without a director

    Tampen
  • 1996
    A Weapon in My Heart

    A Weapon in My Heart

    A Weapon in My Heart

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    A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel...

    A Weapon in My Heart
  • 2006
    AA

    AA

    AA

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

    AA
  • 2003
    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

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    Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a...

    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
  • 2011
    Cut

    Cut

    Cut

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    Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance...

    Cut
  • 1999
    Embalming

    Embalming

    Embalming

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    Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the...

    Embalming
  • 1995
    The Written Face

    The Written Face

    The Written Face

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    In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...

    The Written Face
  • 2011
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

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    An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
  • 2003
    The Detective Who Can Say No

    The Detective Who Can Say No

    The Detective Who Can Say No

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    Shinji Aoyama’s short film follows an unlikely pair of detectives—played by Susumu Terajima and filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa—as they...

    The Detective Who Can Say No
  • 2016
    Haruneko

    Haruneko

    Haruneko

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

    Haruneko
  • 2008
    R246 STORY

    R246 STORY

    R246 STORY

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    The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7...

    R246 STORY
  • 2015
    Give my regards to Yakima Canutt

    Give my regards to Yakima Canutt

    Give my regards to Yakima Canutt

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    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...

    Give my regards to Yakima Canutt
  • 2013
    FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House

    FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House

    FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House

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    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...

    FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House
  • 2015
    FuGAK 3/Farewell, My Dear Eien.

    FuGAK 3/Farewell, My Dear Eien.

    FuGAK 3/Farewell, My Dear Eien.

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    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...

    FuGAK 3/Farewell, My Dear Eien.
  • 2010
    DOWN

    DOWN

    DOWN

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

    DOWN
  • 1999
    June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos

    June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos

    June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos

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    Video documentary by Shinji Aoyama.

    June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
  • 2004
    Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta

    Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta

    Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta

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

    Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta
  • 2002
    Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano

    Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano

    Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano

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    Directed by Shinji Aoyama, this NHK documentary follows avant-garde jazz trumpeter Toshinori Kondo as he traces the footsteps of the poet Matsuo...

    Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano