Memorîzu (1995)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Kôji Morimoto
Tensai Okamura
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Writers:

Satoshi Kon (segment)
Katsuhiro Ôtomo (mangas) (segments)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," three...

Plot Keywords:

Cannon | Steampunk | Anthology | Satire | Love

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Shigeru Chiba	...	Aoshima (voice)
Hisao Egawa	...	Swiveler (voice)
Kayoko Fujii	...	Sakiko (voice)
Nobuaki Fukuda	...	Chief Shell Handler (voice)
Ami Hasegawa	...	Emily (voice)
Isamu Hayashi	...	Boy (voice)
Michio Hazama	...	Nirasaki (voice)
Masato Hirano	...	Mr. A (voice)
Hideyuki Hori	...	Nobuo Tanaka (voice)
Hiroaki Ishikawa	...	Announcement in Station 1 (voice)
Takkô Ishimori	...	Doctor (voice)
Tomoko Ishimura	...	Robot (voice)
Tsutomu Isobe	...	Heinz (voice)
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Nobuo's Younger Brother (voice)
Shôzô Îzuka	...	Ivanov (voice)
Yoshio Kawai	...	Male 2 (voice)
Yukimasa Kishino	...	Executive Officer 2 (voice)
Takurô Kitagawa	...	Announcement in Station 3 (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	Reporter (voice) (as Sanshirô Nitta)
Chie Kôjiro	...	Miki (voice)
Hisako Kyôda	...	Grand Mother (voice)
Naoki Makijima	...	Pirot (voice)
Atsuko Mine	...	Female 1 (voice)
Stefan Mori	...	U.S. Soldier (voice)
Takashi Nagasako	...	Announcement in Station 2 (voice)
Ryûji Nakagi	...	Teacher (voice)
Hidetoshi Nakamura	...	Commander (voice)
Naoko Nakamura	...	Nurse (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Omaeda (voice)
Makoto Ohba	...	Voice 1 (voice)
Hideaki Ono	...	Announcer (voice)
Shinya Ôtaki	...	Operator 2 (voice)
Youko Otomo	...	Female 3 (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Military Official (voice)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	General Manager (voice)
Tetsuo Sakaguchi	...	Voice 2 (voice)
Osamu Saka	...	Kamata (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Operator (voice)
Ai Satou	...	Weather Forecaster (voice)
Hiroyuki Satou	...	Operator (voice)
Bin Shimada	...	Master (voice)
Kôzô Shioya	...	Male 1 (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe	...	Workmate (voice)
Keiichi Sonobe	...	Soldier 3 (voice)
Yôko Soumi	...	Anna (voice)
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Soldier 1 (voice)
Gara Takashima	...	Eva (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka	...	Soldier 2 (voice)
Ryôichi Tanaka	...	Executive Officer (voice)
Seiko Tomoe	...	Female 2 (voice)
Keaton Yamada	...	Father (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Miguel (voice)
Keiko Yamamoto	...	Mother (voice)

Directed by
Kôji Morimoto		(segment 1 "Magnetic Rose")
Tensai Okamura		(segment 2 "Stink Bomb")
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		(segment 3 "Cannon Fodder")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Satoshi Kon		segment 1 "Magnetic Rose"
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		mangas (segments 1, 2 and 3)

Produced by
Katsuhiro Ôtomo	....	executive producer
Shigeru Watanabe	....	producer

Original Music by
Yôko Kanno		(segment 1 "Magnetic Rose")
Jun Miyake		(segment 2 "Stink Bomb")
Hiroyuki Nagashima		(segment 3 "Cannon Fodder")

Film Editing by
Takeshi Seyama

Animation Department
Hisashi Abe	....	animator
Masahiro Andô	....	animator
Koichi Arai	....	animator
Nobumasa Arakawa	....	animator
Hisashi Eguchi	....	animator
Toyoaki Emura	....	animator
Shigeru Fujita	....	animator
Atsuko Fukushima	....	animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	animator
Hideki Hamazu	....	animator
Kazutaka Hara	....	animator
Kôichi Hashimoto	....	animator
Takashi Hashimoto	....	animator
Kenji Hayama	....	animator
Hideo Hayashi	....	animator
Yoshihito Hishinuma	....	animator
Isamu Imakake	....	animator
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator
Toshihisa Kaiya	....	animator
Yûichi Katayama	....	animator
Yoshitaka Katô	....	animator
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	animator
Toshihiro Kawamoto	....	animator
Takahiro Kimura	....	animator
Masanori Kiryû	....	animator
Takeshi Koike	....	animator
Takao Maki	....	animator
Yoshinao Maki	....	animator
Katsumi Matsuda	....	animator
Norio Matsumoto	....	animator
Michio Mihara	....	animator
Yutaka Minowa	....	animator
Yasuko Miyazaki	....	animator
Hiroyuki Morita	....	animator
Yasushi Muraki	....	animator
Mitsunori Murata	....	animator
Hiroshi Nagahama	....	animator
Satoru Nakamura	....	animator
Katsuichi Nakayama	....	animator
Hideki Nimura	....	animator
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	animator
Tomihiko Okubo	....	animator
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator
Mamoru Sasaki	....	animator
Ken Satô	....	animator
Jun'ichi Seki	....	animator
Masahiro Sekino	....	animator
Takayuki Shimura	....	animator
Tatsuya Sotomaru	....	animator
Masaaki Sudoh	....	animator
Masaharu Tada	....	animator
Shin'ya Takahashi	....	animator
Kunio Takahide	....	animator
Noriyuki Togura	....	animator
Kenichi Tsuchiya	....	animator
Chie Uratani	....	animator
Satoru Utsunomiya	....	animator
Tadakatsu Yoshida	....	animator
Tôru Yoshida	....	animator
Akihiro Yûki	....	animator

Music Department
Takkyu Ishino	....	composer: opening/closing music

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• Kodamsha Co.
• Shochiku Company
• Studio 4°C

Distributors

• Bandai Visual Company
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Memories (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | German | Portuguese | Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

The sound effect of the Nostromo's computers turning on in the opening scene of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) can be heard briefly at an elapsed time of 00:24:57 (Region 1 DVD).

Beautiful

This was an amazingly beautiful film, filled with great music that only pushed each scene along wonderfully. I thought this was a great piece of film. I have had the pleasure of showing this to friends that have always looked down on what anime is, and walk away stunned. Some might find these stories slow, but I think if you have any real appreciation of anime, you will find this to be an interesting piece of work. It consists of three stores. Koji Morimoto's "Magnetic Rose", Tensai Okamura's "Stink Bomb", and Katsuhiro Otomo's "Cannon Fodder". I would say that Magnetic rose was perhaps the deepest of these three stores. Offering a beautiful mix of classical music, with a futuristic settings to offer a sense of contrast. Stink Bomb being the more lighthearted of the three. While still maintaining a grim reality, and almost eerie sense of setting, using a more modern day look, and music. Then Cannon Fodder, right from an Orwell idealized future, with the loud sounds, and marches. These movies all offer up something different, and wonderful, while still working there way along a nice line of thought.