JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

8th

Midnight Obsession

Urusei Yatsura 2 : Beautiful Dreamer

Director_ Oshii Mamoru

Japan 1984 98min 35mm Color feature Animation

Review

CREDIT

DirectorMamoru Oshii
ScreenplayMamoru Oshii
CinematographyAkio Wakana
AnimationKazuo Yamazaki

Art Director Yuuji Moriyama
EditorShinichiro Kobayashi
SoundSeigi Morita
MusicShigeharu Shiba

CastKatsu Hoshi

DIRECTOR

Oshii Mamoru

Born in 1951, Oshii graduated from the Department of Art Education from the Tokyo University of Arts. He produced a 16mm short film while at college. Once graduated, he briefly worked at a radio broadcasting station and then moved to an animation company called Tatsunoko Productions. The success of theater animation in 1983 brought him fame. In 1989, he became one of the representative figures of Japanese animation with his animation . (1995), the landmark animation for himself and for Japan, enjoyed global popularity. In his works such as , , and , Oshii tries to delve into the profound human nature living in a grim future where computers take over humans.

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