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Director:
Masaaki Yuasa
Writers:
Robin Nishi (comic)
Robin Nishi (story)
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Release Date:
7 August 2004 (Japan) more
Genre:
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Mystery more
Plot:
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(3 articles)
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Cast

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Koji Imada ... Nishi (voice)
Sayaka Maeda ... Myon (voice)
Takashi Fujii ... Jiisan (voice)
Seiko Takuma ... Yan (voice)
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi ... Ryou (voice)
Toshio Sakata ... Father of Myon and Yan (voice)
Jôji Shimaki ... Yakuza boss (voice)
Rintarou Nishi ... Yakuza (voice)
Kenichi Chujou ... Atsu (voice)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:R (2008) | New Zealand:R16
Company:
Studio 4°C more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the directorial debut of Masaaki Yuasa. more
Quotes:
Nishi: We've gotta leave. It's that or drown.
Yan: But how?
Nishi: The boat, of course!
Myon: The cops'll be looking for us.
Nishi: So?
Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us!
Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets...
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48 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Touching the limits of imagination, 8 May 2005
10/10
Author: (soulcharmer) from Brno, Czech Rep.

I saw this piece on local Animefest and I tell you what. I honestly thought my head will blow. Such seemingly never-ending torrent of originality and imagination is truly unprecedented. There are numerous animation techniques mixed together, loads of standard anime exaggeration (no manga though), psychedelic trips, serious issues and silly sarcastic humor. There's no way an intelligent non-shallow adult would not like this masterpiece. Consider yourself as unprepared for what you will see but be ready to be surprised when you do and mentally exhausted once you did.

By the way, describing the plot of Mind Game would be utterly stupid. It's a mind game alright, you will get the message one way or another.

Straight 10/10

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