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Director
An anime and live-action director, mostly known for the former, whose seminal titles include Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Angel's Egg, the first two Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell films, as well as the Kerberos Saga universe of which Jin-Roh is a part.
Mamoru Oshii is a director with 39 credits in Aniphoria's catalog. Their listed hometown is Oota, Tokyo, Japan. Their birth date is listed as August 8, 1951. Years active: 1977–present.
Production credits include director (14), script (9), and storyboard (4).
Our catalog lists 39 credits, including The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Movie, VLAD LOVE, and Halo Legends.
Their hometown is listed as Oota, Tokyo, Japan.
The person behind the work
An anime and live-action director, mostly known for the former, whose seminal titles include Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Angel's Egg, the first two Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell films, as well as the Kerberos Saga universe of which Jin-Roh is a part.
His affinity for Euro arthouse cinema, his falling out with the Christian religion, and his fascination with the unsuccessful anti-occupation, pro-communist protest movement in postwar Japan shaped his unusual sensibilities.
Recurring themes and aesthetics in his works include oppressive police states, unsuccessful protest movements, dysfunctional bureaucracies, political action that results in stasis, biblical scripture, and imagery, philosophical dilemmas, characters trapped in seemingly inescapable situations, the use of dialog as descriptive "texture" rather than a plot-driver, and otherwise Euro-arthouse pacing and storyboarding.
He is both polarizing to mainstream audiences, and highly revered by cinephiles and Hollywood directors; his works have influenced Hollywood films such as Dark City, The Matrix, and Avatar. Kenji Kamiyama, an anime director also closely associated with Production I.G, is his protégé.
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