Cast
Shinji Higuchi
Directing
Cast
Shinji Higuchi
Known for
Directing
Born
1965-09-22
From
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Higuchi Shinji, 樋口 真嗣
Biography
Shinji Higuchi is a movie director, storyboard artist and SFX specialist. He is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, often working in animation. Higuchi is one of the original founders of Gainax, along with Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Takami Akai. Higuchi gain recognition for his special effects work in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy and is a frequent collaborator with Hideaki Anno on both anime and tokusatsu projects.
★7.4
MOVIE2001
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Otaku
★7.5
MOVIE2023
Kyrie
as Takashi Shiomi
★8.6
MOVIE2021
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
as Self
★8.7
MOVIE2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - SFX Director
★7.0
MOVIE2013
The Intermission
★8.2
MOVIE2024
Brush of the God
★7.5
MOVIE2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself
★6.0
MOVIE1999
GAMERA 1999
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
as No. 19
★5.6
MOVIE2020
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
MOVIE1995
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
★5.9
MOVIE2004
Kibakichi
as Shinnosuke Higuchi
★4.6
MOVIE2010
Death Kappa
as Reporter
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Document Love & Pop
MOVIE2026
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2023