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{{short description|Japanese film director (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name             = Shinji Higuchi
| image            = Shin Godzilla - Shinji Higuchi (director) (30428611130) (2).jpg
| alt              = Higuchi stands next to a poster of his 2016 film Shin Godzilla. He wears a T-Shirt emblazoned with the text "Greetings from Monster Island", featuring an illustration of Megalon, Gigan, Godzilla, and Jet Jaguar posing in the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon.
| caption          = Higuchi in 2016
| native_name      = 樋口 真嗣
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1965|9|22}}
| birth_place      = [[Shinjuku]], [[Tokyo]], Japan
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| nationality      = Japanese
| occupation       = {{hlist|Film director|special effects director|screenwriter|storyboard artist}}
| years_active     = 1984–present
| known_for        =
| movement         = 
| notable_works    = {{ubl|''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''|''[[Sinking of Japan]]''|''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan]]''|''[[Shin Godzilla]]''|''[[Shin Ultraman]]''}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shinji Higuchi'''|樋口 真嗣|Higuchi Shinji|born September 22, 1965|lead=yes}} is a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his ''[[tokusatsu]]'' blockbusters, Higuchi is considered one of Japan's leading filmmakers of the 21st century.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2022 |title=庵野秀明企画・脚本『シン・ウルトラマン』が日本公開中。半世紀愛されるシリーズの新作 |trans-title=''Shin Ultraman'' planned and written by Hideaki Anno is now open in Japan. New work from a series beloved for half a century |url=https://jff.jpf.go.jp/ja/read/news/shin-ultraman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130021956/https://jff.jpf.go.jp/ja/read/news/shin-ultraman/ |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=[[Japanese Film Festival|JFF]]+ |publisher=[[Japan Foundation]] |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=【独占】樋口真嗣監督に聞く、庵野秀明氏とシン・ウルトラマンで目指す「断絶の解消」 |trans-title=(Exclusive) Interview with Director Shinji Higuchi: 'Elimination of discontinuity' for ''Shin Ultraman'' with Hideaki Anno |url=https://www.sbbit.jp/article/cont1/86980?page=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130021822/https://www.sbbit.jp/article/cont1/86980?page=1 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=Business + IT |page=1 |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title=【樋口真嗣監督インタビュー】特撮映画の牽引者は、『シン・ウルトラマン』でなにを描くのか？ |trans-title=(Interview with director Shinji Higuchi) What will the ''tokusatsu'' film leader draw in ''Shin Ultraman''? |url=https://www.pen-online.jp/article/010553.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130022238/https://www.pen-online.jp/article/010553.html |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=[[:ja:Pen (雑誌)|Pen Online]] |language=Japanese}}</ref>

Higuchi became known for his work on ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', for which he won the Special Technology Award at the 19th [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]. In 2005, he made his feature directorial debut on ''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]''. His second feature film, ''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006), was second place at the [[Bunshun Kiichigo Awards]]. His [[Attack on Titan (film)|2015 live-action two-part film adaptation]] of [[Hajime Isayama]]'s manga series, ''[[Attack on Titan]]'', won the Excellence in Theatrical Live Action Film award at the 2016 VFX-JAPAN Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Natasha |title=CGとVFXの祭典、VFX-JAPANアワードで「バクマン。」が実写映画部門の頂点に |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/178632 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=映画ナタリー |language=ja}}</ref> In 2017, Higuchi and [[Hideaki Anno]] won the [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year|Director of the Year]] award at the [[40th Japan Academy Film Prize]] for their work on the 2016 [[Kaiju|''kaiju'' film]] ''[[Shin Godzilla]].'' His 2022 film, ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'', was a major success in Japan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantasia Festival {{!}} Shin Ultraman |url=https://fantasiafestival.com/en/film/shin-ultraman |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Fantasia Festival |language=en-US |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702092949/https://fantasiafestival.com/en/film/shin-ultraman |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has received generally positive reviews from critics internationally.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=shin_ultraman|type=movie|title=Shin Ultraman|access-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727072710/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shin_ultraman|archive-date=July 27, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography==
{{Expand section|date=June 2022}}

=== Early life ===
Higuchi was born on September 22, 1965,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=隠し砦の三悪人 THE LAST PRINCESS - 映画・映像 |url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kakusitoride/staff.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629030918/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kakusitoride/staff.html |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website= |publisher=[[Toho]]}}</ref> in [[Shinjuku]], [[Tokyo]], Japan. When Higuchi was in [[junior high school]], his aunt took him on a tour of [[Toho Studios]], where she worked on commercials. Upon watching Toho's special effects crew at work, Higuchi became inspired and frequently visited the filming sets.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Haraguchi |first=Tomoo |title=Dream Fragment: Toho Special Effects Movies |date=March 12, 2021 |publisher=[[Hobby Japan]] |isbn=978-4-7986-2447-1 |pages=106–108 |language=Japanese}}</ref>

In 2019, Higuchi told French interviewers about his education: "At the end of high school, when I had to pass the entrance examinations to universities, I failed everything. But since I was in a very popular high school, the school leaders refused to let me leave empty-handed! [laughs] So they said to me: 'you have to pass an exam, any!' I ended up passing my entrance examination for the Japanese Post Office, as a civil servant. I was sorted, locked up in a warehouse."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dupuy |first1=Julien |last2=Mauro |first2=Fabien |title=Le ravageur de mondes, entretien avec Shinji Higuchi |trans-title=The Ravager of Worlds, interview with Shinji Higuchi |publisher=Ynnis Editions |location=[[Paris]] |language=French |magazine=Otomo |issue=4 |isbn=978-23-76970-64-4 |date=July 3, 2019 |url=https://rockyvision.shop/otomo/65-otomo-n4.html}}</ref>

=== Early career ===
Higuchi entered the Japanese film industry in 1984, working as an assistant modeler on ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Two years later, he directed the special effects for [[Gainax|Daicon]]'s ''[[tokusatsu]]'' [[fan film]] ''[[Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=日本沈没 - 映画・映像 |url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/nihon/staff.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629035449/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/nihon/staff.html |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=[[Toho]]}}</ref>

As a key Daicon/Gainax member, he played an important part in the creation of one of the most popular anime series, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (1995). He was a writer and art director/storyboarder for the series. He was also the namesake for the show's protagonist, [[Shinji Ikari]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Character Name Origins: NGE|url=http://www.evacommentary.org/appendix/character-names.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819093918/http://www.evacommentary.org/appendix/character-names.html|archive-date=August 19, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He later voice-acted a musician modeled after himself in two episodes of ''[[Karekano]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/karekano/diary/9903-e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211122414/http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/karekano/diary/9903-e.html|title=untitled|archive-date=February 11, 2005|work=gainax.co.jp|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref>

Higuchi made his directorial debut in 1992 with the [[disaster film]] ''The Day the Sun Fissured: The Great Tokyo Earthquake'' which he produced for [[Tokyo Fire Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=樋口真嗣（Shinji Higuchi）氏: 仲間に助けられてここまで来た それに尽きます |url=http://www.creators-station.jp/interview/seehim/303 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=樋口真嗣（Shinji Higuchi）氏: 仲間に助けられてここまで来た それに尽きます |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Personal affairs ===
Higuchi supports [[Whaling in Japan|Japan's whaling]] and consumptions of [[whale meat]]s in general, and have appeared in the 2023 pro-whaling documentary film by [[:ja:八木景子|Keiko Yagi]], the director of the 2015 film ''[[Behind The Cove]]''.<ref name=Natalie /> The 2023 documentary featured the pro-whaling claim to highlight the necessity of whaling to control the marine ecosystem to prevent declines of fish stocks by whales, which largely affected public opinion regards the issues in Japan. The [[Fisheries Agency (Japan)|Fisheries Agency]] of Japan withdrew the claim in 2009 at the annual meeting of [[International Whaling Commission]], but didn't correct it domestically afterwards.<ref name=Natalie /><ref>{{cite web|author=Junko Sakuma|date=2009-06-30|url=http://www.news.janjan.jp/living/0906/0906290018/1.php|title=クジラが魚食べて漁獲減」説を政府が撤回 - 国際捕鯨委員会で森下・政府代表代理が「修正」発言]|website=[[JANJAN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107183730/http://www.news.janjan.jp/living/0906/0906290018/1.php |access-date=2024-02-29|archive-date=January 7, 2010 }}</ref> Yagi and Higuchi remarked that "[[Godzilla]] is closely connected to [[whale]]s and [[environmental issues]] in naming of the character and other aspects",{{efn|Production of the [[Godzilla (1954 film)|1954 film]] involved several whale-related aspects; Godzilla's name was based on the nickname of the man who loved [[whale meat]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mykaiju.com/the-story-of-godzillas-birth-pt-8/ |title=The Story of Godzilla's Birth – Pt 8|website=MyKaiju.com|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> and early ideas of the monster were a giant [[octopus]] to attack a whaling vessel in [[Indian Ocean]], or a gigantic [[whale]] monster attacks [[Tokyo]].<ref>[[Hajime Tsuburaya]], July 7, 2001, "Birth of Godzilla by Tadao Saito", ''The films of Eiji Tsuburaya (復刻版 円谷英二 日本映画界に残した遺産)'', pp.70-71, Shogakukan</ref><ref>Toho, May 1, 1985, "Interview on Takeo Murata", ''Toho SF Tokusatsu Film Series Vol.3 - Godzilla/Godzilla Raids Again/Varan the Unbelievable'' (ゴジラ/ゴジラの逆襲/大怪獣バラン: 東宝SF特撮映画シリ-ズ 3), pp. 216–223</ref> [[Godzilla]] favors to prey on whales,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mykaiju.com/investigating-godzilla/3/ |title=An Introduction to Godzilla|website=MyKaiju.com|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mykaiju.com/an-introduction-to-godzilla-2/|title=An Introduction to Godzilla – 2|website=MyKaiju.com|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mykaiju.com/new-godzilla-secrets/|title=New Godzilla Secrets|website=MyKaiju.com|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> and Godzilla and [[Godzilla Junior]] were depicted either to prey on or slaughter whales in ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Michihiro Amano|date=2019-06-04|url=https://bookstand.webdoku.jp/cinema/amano/201906/04102500.html|title=第82回 『三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦』|website=Book Stand|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mykaiju.com/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster-final-draft-3/|title=Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster Final Draft 3|website=MyKaiju.com|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> and ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/ITEhyou|title=October 29|website=Imgur|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> respectively. Additionally, [[MV Brigitte Bardot]] owned by [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]] was at one point named ''MV Godzilla'' with a paint of Godzilla on it, and the vessel was used for [[anti-whaling]] activities against Japan by the NPO.<ref>{{cite web|author= Lauren Rudser|date=2010-12-02|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/sea-shepherd-introduces-godzilla/3EE563D4-DC2D-41B7-8D8D-D3DD210C5513|title=Sea Shepherd Introduces 'Godzilla'|website=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>}} and expressed their supports for whaling and skeptical views towards [[veganism]].<ref name=Natalie>{{cite web|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|date=2023-07-07|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/531895|title=食・科学からクジラに迫るドキュメンタリー「鯨のレストラン」公開、樋口真嗣も出演}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=[[:ja:八木景子|Keiko Yagi]]|date=2023-09-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Q_I7mhAQw|title=「ゴジラ」が「クジラ」と「環境問題」に密接な関係あることがわかるドキュメンタリー映画『鯨のレストラン』！|website=Youtube|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! [[Special effects supervisor|SFX director]]
! Storyboard artist
! Miscellaneous
! Notes
! Ref(s)
|-
|1984
| ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Assistant modeler
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1985
|''[[Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1987
|''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Assistant director
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/35131/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|''[[Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Natasha |title=「帝都」シリーズ初BD化、樋口真嗣が新たにジャケットをデザイン |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/156405 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画ナタリー |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Gunbuster]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=トップをねらえ！ 劇場版：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv61661/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
|''[[The Cat (1992 film)|The Cat]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|With Kazuo Sagawa; uncredited
|
|-
|''[[Mikadroid]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Citation |last= |title=オリジナルビデオ ミカドロイド (1991)について 映画データベース |url=https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/86199 |work=allcinema |language=ja |access-date=2022-08-03}}</ref>
|-
|1992
|''The Day the Sun Fissured: The Great Tokyo Earthquake''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1994
|''[[Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995
|''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'' 
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' 
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Screenwriter
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ローレライ - 映画・映像｜東宝WEB SITE |url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/lorelei/staff.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=www.toho.co.jp |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816154241/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/lorelei/staff.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
|''Space Ship Remnant 6''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=宇宙貨物船レムナント6 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/34904/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ガメラ２ レギオン襲来：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv27869/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|''[[The End of Evangelion]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE END OF EVANGELION 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air／まごころを､君に : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/37279/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|''[[Love & Pop]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ラブ＆ポップ：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv30857/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
|''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ガメラ３ 邪神覚醒：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv31146/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Betterman (TV series)|Betterman]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2000
|''Sakuya: Slayer of Demons''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=さくや 妖怪伝：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv31692/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[Pistol Opera]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ピストルオペラ：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv32159/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Princess Blade]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=修羅雪姫：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv32192/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2003
|''[[Pokémon: Jirachi—Wish Maker]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=劇場版ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション 七夜の願い星ジラーチ：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv40240/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Dino Crisis 3]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|''[[Dragon Head]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Visual effects designer
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ドラゴンヘッド：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv40041/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''[[Sinking of Japan]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[[Onimusha]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：序：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画 |url=https://moviewalker.jp/mv36700/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|''[[Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2009
|''[[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：破 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/53380/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|''Monster Magnitude: 9''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Screenwriter
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|''[[Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=巨神兵東京に現わる 劇場版 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/77791/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Floating Castle]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=のぼうの城 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/55578/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：Q : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/57115/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''[[Kill la Kill]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Garm Wars: The Last Druid]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=押井守監督『ガルム・ウォーズ』メイキング映像解禁 過酷な自然環境でのアクション撮影 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2070838/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810113509/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2070838/full/ |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |website=Oricon News |publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Inc.]] |language=Japanese}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/57328/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Attack on Titan (film)|Attack on Titan: End of the World]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN エンド オブ ザ ワールド : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/81504/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name="pn">{{cite web |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Godzilla Resurgence Press Notes |url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2016/06/13/godzilla-resurgence-exclusive-high-res-photos-from-toho/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101042344/https://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2016/06/13/godzilla-resurgence-exclusive-high-res-photos-from-toho/ |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |work=SciFi Japan}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''[[Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 15, 2018 |title=【インタビュー】特撮映画の名手・樋口真嗣が描く"お仕事アニメ"の本気度。航空自衛隊とドラゴンと…異色だらけの話題作『ひそねとまそたん』 |url=https://entertainmentstation.jp/206655 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416030045/https://entertainmentstation.jp/206655 |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |website=Entertainment Station |language=Japanese}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Original story
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=8日で死んだ怪獣の12日の物語 劇場版 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/93399/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''[[Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hikawa |first1=Ryūsuke |title=Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Pamphlet |last2=Kimata |first2=Fuyu |year=2021 |pages=74 |language=Japanese |asin=B08Y8NVC8W |author-link=Ryūsuke Hikawa}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
|''Ribbon''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ribbon : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/94746/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Shin Ultraman]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shin Ultraman (live-action movie) - Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=25400 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Kamen Rider Black Sun]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Visual concept designer
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2209114/full/|title = 白石和彌監督『仮面ライダーBlacksun』製作スタッフ発表 樋口真嗣氏や田口清隆氏が参加 11・21にキャラデザ解禁へ| date=July 24, 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
|''Baian the Assassin, M.D.''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Trailer creator
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=仕掛人・藤枝梅安 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/94568/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Trailer creator
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=仕掛人・藤枝梅安2 : 作品情報 |url=https://eiga.com/movie/96854/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Kyrie (film)|Kyrie]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Actor
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99319/|title= キリエのうた|access-date= February 29, 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|''Brush of the God''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Actor
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101286/|title= カミノフデ 怪獣たちのいる島|access-date= February 28, 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
|-
|TBA
|''The Bullet Train''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/142208/1|title= 草なぎ剛×樋口真嗣監督でパニック映画『新幹線大爆破』をリブート！ Netflixで映画化決定|access-date= February 29, 2024|work= Crank-in!|date= February 29, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award ceremony
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Work(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" | Note(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
|[[:ja:第19回日本アカデミー賞|1996]]
|''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
|Special Technology
|{{won}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=19th Japan Academy Film Prize |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=19 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[36th Japan Academy Film Prize|2013]]
|''[[The Floating Castle]]''
|[[Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year|Director of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|With [[Isshin Inudo]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=36th Japan Academy Film Prize |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=36 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[40th Japan Academy Film Prize|2017]]
|''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
|Director of the Year
|{{won}}
|With [[Hideaki Anno]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/godzilla-resurgence-wins-big-at-40th-japan-academy-prize-awards-982922|title='Godzilla Resurgence' Wins Big at 40th Japan Academy Prize Awards|last=Blair|first=Gavin J.|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 3, 2017|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|Line News Awards
|2022
|
|Cultural Person
|{{won}}
|
|<ref name="LINE">{{cite web|url=https://news.line.me/lp/awards/2022/|title=LINE NEWS AWARDS 2022|work=LINE NEWS|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[46th Japan Academy Film Prize]]
|2023
|''[[Shin Ultraman]]''
|[[Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year|Director of the Year]]
|{{nominated}}
|
|<ref name="PrizeAnnouncesFiveWinners">{{Cite web |last=Komatsu |first=Mikikazu |date=January 22, 2023 |title=The 46th Japan Academy Film Prize Announces Five Winners of Animation of the Year |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/01/22/the-46th-japan-academy-film-prize-announces-five-winners-of-animation-of-the-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123214814/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/01/22/the-46th-japan-academy-film-prize-announces-five-winners-of-animation-of-the-year |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |publisher=[[Crunchyroll]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0383688|name=Shinji Higuchi}}
* {{jmdb name|id=0329600|name=樋口真嗣 (Shinji Higuchi)}}
* {{Twitter|id=shinji_higuchi|name=Shinji Higuchi}}

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[[Category:Japanese storyboard artists]]