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Mamoru Oshii (押井 守, Oshii Mamoru, born 8 August 1951) is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984), Angel's Egg (1985), Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), and Ghost in the Shell (1995).
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27 January 2006
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage.
24 October 2014
In a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air, land and technology, one clone is separated from the battle and finds herself on the run with a group of unlikely companions.
18 November 1995
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking.
19 December 2009
Three women and one man - with an assortment of weaponry - wage war against giant mutant sandwhales in a barren digital landscape, all to achieve points within the virtual reality video game called Avalon.
06 November 2020
Excitement pervades through a university preparing for the annual school festival. Meanwhile, a calm atmosphere hangs over the club room of the film studies group which does not really have an exhibition.
27 August 2013
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
17 June 2023
A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world. Featuring appearances from visionary artists Guillermo del Toro, Nicholas Winding Refn, Grimes, George Miller, Norman Reedus, Woodkid, Chvrches, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojima’s creative process as he launches his own independent studio.
16 February 2010
The universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.
02 June 2012
Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods.
30 March 2002
Set in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate.
02 August 2008
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults.
12 July 2008
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
07 August 1993
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet.
19 March 1990
Theatrical anime movie created from the OVA 'Gosenzosama Banbanzai', written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.
01 January 2004
This making of segment offers a lot of interview comments with the crew behind it, although does so in a rather rapid fashion.
15 December 1985
In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere.
05 February 2022
The story is set at the blood donation club in Kurusu Private High School. There are four girls who are fascinated by the pleasure of having their blood drawn – Maki (Erika Karata), Jinko (Ichika Osaki), Nami (Mikoto Hibi), and Kaoru (Nazuki Amano).
29 January 2021
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
28 February 1987
Part 1: "Time Knot: Reflection" Written by Kazunori Itô, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. Mayu finds a camera floating in the ocean while on vacation.
06 March 2004
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards.
10 November 2007
"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii.
06 December 2008
Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children’s Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii).
14 June 2003
A 2003 theatrical compilation of five short film thrillers by five different Japanese directors.
17 November 1999
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining.
21 December 1983
In a near future, mankind has moved from a drained Earth to the Moon. Rebel acts of terrorism lead to conflicts with the Earth Federal Government.
08 April 2006
Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles.
01 January 1995
A behind the scenes look at the making of the 1995 classic anime, Ghost in the Shell.
10 October 1992
After the director of a film in production dissappears, his replacement has to deal with the cast and crew being mysteriously killed off one by one.
01 January 1982
Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many.
18 November 2000
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires.
02 April 2009
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling".
01 January 2003
Twenty-minute aerial overview of various Tokyo highlights, with continuous zooms from sweeping panoramas down to individual people on the street.
07 February 1987
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded.
25 July 2018
In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.
31 July 2010
Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.
24 September 1985
Ryoko throws a tea party for her friends. Flashbacks reveal the pasts of Ryoko's various guests.
15 July 1989
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
01 January 1988
In a radiation-soaked wasteland, two surviving soldiers, Frank and Goose, search for essential supplies amid the rubble.
11 February 1984
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves.
15 October 2016
“Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot” is a part of the “Patlabor” franchise that showcases multiple anime, live-action, manga, light novel, and video game adaptations.
27 August 2008
Riding a scooter with Seven left at home, Keita went on a solo trip. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman.
11 February 1983
Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal.
05 October 2010
A short 3D CGI anime of Cyborg 009 directed by Mamoru Oshii.
20 January 2001
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon.
19 September 2006
Foxy Croquette Ogin disappeared after the protest incident in front of the National Diet building in 1960, but there are rumors of a mysterious Japanese woman amongst a band of guerillas in Palestine.
01 May 2015
An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen.
07 January 2009
Under Anchor Headquarters is strictly off limits to all outsiders to protect the confidentiality of their activities.
23 March 1991
Detective Kouichi Todome head of the elite Kerberos police squad escapes after the unit is marked for destruction by the government.
08 July 2021
A subtle portrait of Japanese director Satoshi Kon by the specialist of Japanese cinema Pascal-Alex Vincent and a dive into a rich work.
06 July 2010
Set in Tokyo in the near future, when all humanity has been wiped out, a lonely basset hound wanders around a deserted city.
25 July 2015
Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her.
07 June 2008
15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".
13 June 2009
The film’s story centers on Musashi Miyamoto, one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history.
08 May 1985
An edited compendium of the four OVAs were spliced together to create a movie which aired in theaters.
