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Mind Game

  • 20042004
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
10K
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Mind Game (2004)
Loser Nishi, too wimpy to try to save his childhood sweetheart from gangsters, is shot in the butt by a soccer-playing psychopath, projecting Nishi into the afterlife. In this limbo, God - shown as a series of rapidly changing characters - tells him to walk toward the light. But Nishi runs like hell in the other direction and returns to Earth a changed man, driven to live each moment to the fullest.
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AnimationAdventureComedy
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his frie... Read allAfter a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
10K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Masaaki Yuasa
    • Kôji Morimoto(Mind Game Remix)
  • Writers
    • Robin Nishi(comic)
    • Masaaki Yuasa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kôji Imada(voice)
    • Sayaka Maeda(voice)
    • Takashi Fujii(voice)
  • Directors
    • Masaaki Yuasa
    • Kôji Morimoto(Mind Game Remix)
  • Writers
    • Robin Nishi(comic)
    • Masaaki Yuasa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kôji Imada(voice)
    • Sayaka Maeda(voice)
    • Takashi Fujii(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Takashi Fujii, Kôji Imada, and Sayaka Maeda in Mind Game (2004)

    Top cast

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    Kôji Imada
    • Nishi
    • (voice)
    Sayaka Maeda
    • Myon
    • (voice)
    Takashi Fujii
    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)
    • Directors
      • Masaaki Yuasa
      • Kôji Morimoto(Mind Game Remix)
    • Writers
      • Robin Nishi(comic)
      • Masaaki Yuasa(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      On April Fools' 4/1/2018, Toonami on Adult Swim surprised everyone by airing this film in its original Japanese language with English subtitles.
    • Goofs
      Typo of "loading". In the movie it shows "Now Lording..." on the computer screen.
    • 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, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got!

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Underappreciated Anime Movies (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2
      Written by Franz Liszt

    User reviews30

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    10/10
    Touching the limits of imagination
    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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    • soulcharmer
    • May 8, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Asmik Ace (Japan)
      • GKIDS (United States)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 心靈遊戲
    • Production companies
      • Studio 4°C
      • Asmik Ace Entertainment
      • Beyond C.
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,613
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,609
      • Feb 18, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,613
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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