Directing
Shinji Sōmai
1948 · Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
22 films
Bio
Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, and was brought up in Hokkaido. Somai began his career in 1975 as an assistant director with Nikkatsu Co., one of Japan's leading film production companies, after he dropped out of Chuo University.
Filmography
The Youth Killer
Assistant Director
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Assistant Director
Typhoon Club
Director
Moving
Director
The Friends
Director
P. P. Rider
Director
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Director
Love Hotel
Director
Tokyo Heaven
Director
The Catch
Director
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
Director
Almost Transparent Blue
Assistant Director