Akihiro Higuchi

Akihiro Higuchi, also known by the alias Higuchinsky, is a Ukrainian-born film director known for directing the 2000 film Uzumaki, an adaptation of the manga of the same name by Junji Ito. Higuchinsky also directed Long Dream, a 2000 television film adaptation of Nagai Yume, another story by Ito. Additionally, Higuchinsky directed the 2003 film Tokyo 10+01 and helmed an episode of a television series adaptation of the manga Eko Eko Azarak.

Uzumaki (2000)

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

Long Dream (2000)

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Masami Horiuchi  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Kenjiro Tsuda

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Masami Horiuchi  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Kenjiro Tsuda

Tokyo 10+01 (2002)

A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part of a game where the prize is 3 million yen and a clean record. The object is to reach the Baron's house. However, the obstacles they face involve hunters with laser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eddie  •  Natsuki Kato  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part of a game where the prize is 3 million yen and a clean record. The object is to reach the Baron's house. However, the obstacles they face involve hunters with laser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eddie  •  Natsuki Kato  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa