Shinji Higuchi

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Bio

Born in 1965, Higuchi began his movie career as special effects assistant on the 1984 “Godzilla” film and developed into an award-winning effects specialists for his work on a series of “Gamera” films, writing and drawing storyboards for the internationally-acclaimed TV anime series “Evangelion,” and even working under late film master, Akira Kurosawa, on a short digital animation film, “Flying: A Dream I Had”. Since 2001, he has served as special effects designer for a host of films including Seijun Suzuki ’s “Pistol Opera” (’01), Shinsuke Satoh’s “The Princess Blade” (’01)” and “Dragonhead” (’03), finally making his full-length feature directorial debut with the hit 2005 Japanese human drama thriller, “Lorelei” (’05). Higuchi says it was seeing the original “Japan Sinks” as a 9-year-old boy that inspired him to get into filmmaking.

Director

• The Last Princess (2008)
• The Sinking of Japan Nihon chinbotsu (2006)
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean Lorelei (2005)

TV

• "Fushigi no umi no Nadia" The Secret of Blue Water (1990) TV Series (episodes 23-39)

Name	Shinji Higuchi 樋口真嗣
Birthdate	September 22, 1965
Birthplace	Tokyo, Japan