Higuchinsky

{{Short description|Ukrainian-born film director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name =

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Akihiro Higuchi

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Ukraine

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| other_names =

| occupation = Film director

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

}}

Akihiro Higuchi, also known by the alias Higuchinsky, is a Ukrainian-born film director{{cite web|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/uzumaki/|title=Uzumaki|last=Sharp|first=Jasper|date=31 October 2001|website=Midnight Eye|language=en|access-date=25 February 2021}}{{cite book|last=Murguía|first=Salvador Jimenez|year=2016|title=The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfasDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|language=en|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=147|isbn=978-1442261662}} 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.{{sfn|Edwards|2017|p=176}} Additionally, Higuchinsky directed the 2003 film Tokyo 10+01,{{cite book|last1=Gradogna|first1=Alessio|last2=Tasso|first2=Fabio|year=2006|title=Tokyo Syndrome: Le nuove frontiere dell'horror giapponese|language=it|page=169|isbn=978-8889782088}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/41575|title=Tokyo 10+01|last=Spurlin|first=Thomas|date=10 January 2010|website=DVD Talk|language=en|access-date=26 February 2021}} and helmed an episode of a television series adaptation of the manga Eko Eko Azarak.