Shinji Aoyama Movies

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...

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

When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin...

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...

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:...

Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's dating has been unveiled, the boss offers a reward...

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...

In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He...

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

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...

One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a...

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...

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

TRUNK, also known as WebCINEMA TRUNK, is a three-part short film directed by Shinji Aoyama. Released online as part of an experimental web cinema...

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...

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

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...

A feature film co-directed by Shinji Aoyama, Yoshiho Fukuoka, and Takuji Suzuki, produced in collaboration with students as part of the film...

Four short films produced without a director

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...