Oshii Mamoru focus
Overview of films
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Angel’s Egg
Oshii Mamoru | 71' | Japan | -
A pregnant young woman roams through an empty, post-industrial medieval landscape. A young soldier, whose musket has the shape of a cross, gives the g -
Jin-Roh
Okiura Hiroyuki | 98' | Japan | -
Directed by Oshii Mamoru’s protégé Okiura Hiroyuki, animation coordinator of Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh offers a unique mixture of retro-science fict -
Kokaku kidotai
Oshii Mamoru | 83' | Japan | -
The mysterious and elusive computer hacker The Puppet Master turns up in Hong Kong in 2029. Fine animation and complex social vision go hand in… -
The Labyrinth Files: File 538
Oshii Mamoru | 30' | Japan | European premiere
Borges-inspired animation film about a sweaty private detective who, after a break-in, finds a computer file addressed to him comprising a story of th -
Patlabor 2 the Movie
Oshii Mamoru | 113' | Japan | -
The Special Vehicle Division is a little older, but still essential when a series of terrorist events cause chaos in the government. Captain Goto sets -
Patlabor the Movie
Oshii Mamoru | 99' | Japan | -
Ambitious, obscure animation feature in which a scientist has developed a new system to control work robots, but leaves society after suicide with a n