Shinji HIGUCHI 樋口真嗣
Shin Ultraman
シン・ウルトラマン
Nippon Cinema ª
The giant superhero Ultraman protects Earth from equally giant extraterrestrial threats. After SHIN GODZILLA (2016 / NC ’17), director Shinji HIGUCHI revamps another classic monster sci-fi franchise. Paying homage to the 1960s TV series with its episodic structure, the film boasts bizarre creatures, ludicrous camera angles and a psychedelic finale.
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Shin Ultraman (NC 2023)
Action Science-Fiction
シン・ウルトラマン
Shin Urutoraman
Japan 2022
113 minutes
Director
Shinji HIGUCHI
Script
Hideaki ANNO
Cinematography
Osamu ICHIKAWA, Keizo SUZUKI
Music
Kunio MIYAUCHI, Shiro SAGISU
World sales
The Exchange
Cast
Takumi SAITO, Masami NAGASAWA, Daiki ARIOKA, Akari HAYAMI, Hidetoshi NISHIJIMA
About Shinji HIGUCHI
樋口真嗣
Shinji HIGUCHI, born in Tokyo in 1965, had the opportunity to work on the special effects team for Koji HASHIMOTO’s film GODZILLA (1984) directly after school. Many other monster films followed, including GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (1995) by Shusuke KANEKO. In 2005, he gave his directorial debut with LORELEI: THE WITCH OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, and in 2006, JAPAN SINKS became a box office hit. His film SHIN GODZILLA (2016 / NC ’17), for which he shared the directing credit with Hideaki ANNO, was an international success and won numerous awards.