Shinji HIGUCHI

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Shinji HIGUCHI


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.

ニッポン・コネクション上映作品

シン・ウルトラマン, 日本 2022 (監督) NC23
シン・ゴジラ, 日本 2016 (監督) NC17