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name: "Eihi Shiina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eihi-shiina"
fi1m_id: "eihi-shiina"
imdb_id: "nm0793402"
tmdb_id: 57455
wikidata_id: "Q456240"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 February 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:59:41.332969+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Eihi Shiina

## Identity

Eihi Shiina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eihi-shiina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eihi-shiina
- **IMDb ID:** nm0793402
- **TMDB ID:** 57455
- **Wikidata ID:** Q456240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eihi_Shiina, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793402/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57455

Actor. Born 3 February 1976 in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 February 1976, Fukuoka, Japan
- **Also known as:** しいなえいひ, 椎名英姬
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eihi_Shiina, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793402/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57455

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Audition*](https://film.one/film/audition.md) (84)

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## Fi1m on Eihi Shiina

> Eihi Shiina makes stillness unsettling without advertising a threat. We admire the restraint of her work in *Audition*, where she keeps an apparent romance uneasy without turning each moment into a clue.

In *Audition* (2000), Eihi Shiina's Asami Yamazaki is difficult to read even when the film appears to be offering a romance. Shiina sustains that uncertainty without making each moment feel like a clue left for later inspection. We were unnerved by how hard she was to read while the film was still asking us to consider its romantic possibilities. She gives us enough to keep trying, without making the effort feel pointless.

Takashi Miike helps by allowing her time, while Ryo Ishibashi gives Shigeharu Aoyama the human credibility the apparent romance needs. Hideo Yamamoto's cinematography makes the images attractive without making them reassuring; we keep looking rather than relaxing. Tatsuo Ozeki's production design leaves the surroundings quiet enough for our attention to return to the actors. Shiina benefits from that restraint around her as much as from her own. The film understands that a performer can sustain our interest without constantly explaining a character.

Her film debut in *Open House* (1998) and work with Shinji Aoyama in *Eureka* (2000) belong to a career broader than the horror reputation suggests. Later came repeated collaborations with Yoshihiro Nishimura, including the lead role of Ruka in *Tokyo Gore Police* (2008) and Rikka in *Helldriver* (2010). The part in *Tokyo Gore Police* draws on her ability to handle physically demanding scenes. We would not mistake the quietness of *Audition* for the limit of her abilities.

That does not make the material beyond criticism. *Audition* is less assured in its treatment of women than in its control of tension, and Shiina's skill cannot resolve that problem. Its distressing violence is another reason for caution, though reducing her contribution to the film's extremity misses what makes the patient beginning work. We value the time spent trying to understand Asami, when Shiina keeps us interested without letting us become comfortable. Start with *Audition* if that uncertainty appeals, but take the warning about the violence seriously.

## Biography

Eihi Shiina is a Japanese actress and former fashion model. Born on 3 February 1976 in Fukuoka, she began modelling in 1995 with Benetton and represented Japan at the Elite Model Look '95 competition.

She made her film debut in *Open House* (1998). That year she also published the book of photographs and poems *No Filter, Only Eyes*. Shiina gained international recognition for her performance as Asami Yamazaki in Takashi Miike's *Audition* (1999).

Her other film roles include Ruka in *Tokyo Gore Police* (2008), appearances in *Outrage* (2010) and *Helldriver* (2010), and the lead in the 2024 short *Eihi Shiina Visualbum*, which she also directed and wrote.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, asianmoviepulse.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Audition* (2000), Fi1m 84, as Asami Yamazaki — [page](https://film.one/film/audition.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Holy Mother* (2022), as Hime
- *Meatball Machine Kodoku* (2017), as Woman tracing white line
- *The Ninja War of Torakage* (2015), as Gensai Shinonome
- *Use the Eyeballs!* (2015), Actor
- *Jellyfish Eyes* (2013), as Home Room Teacher
- *The Profane Exhibit* (2013), as Hell Chef (segment "The Hell Chef")
- *Helldriver* (2010), as Rikka
- *Outrage* (2010), as Call Girl
- *Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl* (2009), as Monami's Mother
- *63 Minutes Later* (2009), as (archive footage)
- *Tokyo Gore Police* (2008), as Ruka
- *Hold Up Down* (2005), Actor
- *Animus Anima* (2005), as Sui
- *Jam Films 2* (2004), Actor
- *A Day on the Planet* (2004), as Yamada's Lover
- *Sky High* (2003), as Izuko
- *Harmful Insect* (2002), as Music Teacher
- *The Fear* (2001), Actor
- *Eureka* (2001), as Keiko Kono
- *Audition* (2000), as Asami Yamazaki — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/audition.md)
- *DOG FOOD* (1999), as Sakiko (Wife)
- *Open House* (1998), as Mitsuwa
- *The Files of the Young Kindaichi* (1995), series, as Suzy Hoshikawa
- *Neo Forest*, as Producer
- *Eihi Shiina Visualbum*, Director, Writer, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Yoshihiro Nishimura & Eihi Shiina signing autographs. I know the director liked it because he retweeted this picture later the next day from my Twitter (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/3931403/gallery-26d63ca14a1e.jpg) Yoshihiro Nishimura & Eihi Shiina signing autographs. I know the director liked it because he retweeted this picture later the next day from my Twitter (2015) — Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Eihi_Shiina.JPG/1280px-Eihi_Shiina.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eihi Shiina](https://film.one/media/person/3931403/gallery-6720ea73b212.jpg) Eihi Shiina — Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/BIFFF_-_Yoshihiro_Nishimura_%26_Eihi_Shiina.JPG/1280px-BIFFF_-_Yoshihiro_Nishimura_%26_Eihi_Shiina.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eihi Shiina](https://film.one/media/person/3931403/gallery-35539638461b.jpg) Eihi Shiina — Image via TMDB

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