Biography: 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.