Memories
(1995)
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Memories
(1995)
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Shigeru Chiba | ... |
Aoshima
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Hisao Egawa | ... |
Swiveler
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Kayoko Fujii | ... |
Sakiko
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Nobuaki Fukuda | ... |
Chief Shell Handler
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Ami Hasegawa | ... |
Emily
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Isamu Hayashi | ... |
Boy
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Michio Hazama | ... |
Nirasaki
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Masato Hirano | ... |
Mr. A
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Hideyuki Hori | ... |
Nobuo Tanaka
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Shôzô Iizuka | ... |
Ivanov
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Hiroaki Ishikawa | ... |
Announcement in Station 1
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Takkô Ishimori | ... |
Doctor
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Tomoko Ishimura | ... |
Robot
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Tsutomu Isobe | ... |
Heinz
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Tetsuya Iwanaga | ... |
Nobuo's Younger Brother
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"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy. Written by Brian Rawnsley <rawnsleb@natlib.govt.nz>
It's an anthology. It's three stories of 45 minutes, 40 minutes and 15 minutes that have nothing at all to do with one another. In fact, the film's title only refers to the first story. This film is one part science-fiction thriller, one part bioterrorism comedy (THERE'S a category I've never put a film in!) and one part single-shot (99% of it, anyway) borderline-documentary.
Disney couldn't make a film this engrossing if the fate of mankind depended on it.
Those who have what I call the "It's an Anime" stigma should shake it off for "Memories". Rent this. Buy this. See this!