Mamoru Oshii — Director (33)
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Dallos (1983)
ダロス TMDB
Mamoru Oshii / Hisayuki Toriumi actor: Shuichi Ikeda / Hideki Sasaki …
other title: ダロス
In a near future, mankind has moved from a drained Earth to the Moon. Rebel acts of terrorism lead to conflicts with the Earth Federal Government. A mysterious entity called Dallos appears to restore hope.
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Dallos Special (1985)
ダロス Special IMDb TMDB
Mamoru Oshii / Hisayuki Toriumi
other title: ダロス Special
An edited compendium of the four OVAs were spliced together to create a movie which aired in theaters. Included within the was also a prologue, which used 50 extra shots that introduced the world of Dallos before the opening credits.
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Blood Friends (2022)
血ぃともだち IMDb TMDB
Mamoru Oshii actor: Erika Karata / Ichika Osaki …
other title: 血ぃともだち
The story is set at the blood donation club in Kurusu Private High School. There are four girls who are fascinated by the pleasure of having their blood drawn – Maki (Erika Karata), Jinko (Ichika Osaki), Nami (Mikoto Hibi), and Kaoru (Nazuki Amano). One day, Maki meets Mai (Nina Makino), a beautiful girl dressed in black, in the blood donation room. Mai fainted after her rampage against the nurses, and Maki unintentionally carries her into the blood donation club room. Mai then reveals a shocking fact – She is a dropout vampire who could not attack humans! Struck by Mai's fragile expression, Maki and other members decide to feed her with their own blood instead of donating blood…
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Assault Girls (2009)
アサルトガールズ
Mamoru Oshii actor: 黑木美沙 / 菊地凛子 …
other title: 突击女孩 / アサルトガールズ …
Three women and one man - with an assortment of weaponry - wage war against giant mutant sandwhales in a barren digital landscape, all to achieve points within the virtual reality video game called Avalon.
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Nowhere Girl (2015)
東京無国籍少女 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mamoru Oshii actor: Nana Seino / Hirotaro Honda …
other title: La chica de ninguna parte / 東京無国籍少女 …
Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.
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Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)
立喰師列伝
Mamoru Oshii actor: Mako Hyodo / Koichi Yamadera …
other title: Tachigui: le straordinarie vite dei maestri del fast food / La légende des tachiguishi …
Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their names on the dark side of dietary culture with their glare. Now their legend revives, strong as ever...
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Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー
Mamoru Oshii actor: Toshio Furukawa / Fumi Hirano …
other title: Lamù - Beautiful Dreamer / Urusei Yatsura 2: Linda Sonhadora …
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started.
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Season 1 (1989)
御先祖様万々歳! Season 1 Bangumi NeoDB
押井守 actor: 胜生真沙子 / 古川登志夫 …
四方一家住在东京近郊的一幢普通的高层公寓里。无所事事且发福的上班族父亲四方田甲子国（よもた　きねくに）42歳、厌恶与邻居社交的母亲四方田多美子（よもた　たみこ）38歳、以及正处于青春期毛躁的儿子四方田犬丸（よもた　いぬまる）17歳。生活中一切都中规中举的进行着，然而，突然而至的、谜样的、身着黄衣、自称是犬丸的来自近未来的孙女的、花样少女揭开了家庭崩坏的序章……
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Ani*Kuri15 (2008)
アニ＊クリ15 IMDb TMDB
Mamoru Oshii / Satoshi Kon … actor: Aika Kanda / Toshio Watanabe
other title: Ani-Kuri 15 / Ani*kuri15 …
15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".
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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
スカイ・クロラ The Sky Crawlers Bangumi NeoDB
押井守 actor: 菊地凛子 / 加濑亮 …
other title: 空中杀手 / スカイ・クロラ The Sky Crawlers …
战斗机飞行员函南优一来到基地报道，等待他的是全新的生活环境与熟悉的飞行战斗。在这里，函南优一遇到了各式各样的战友，与不苟言笑的长官草薙水素。函南优一获得了一架新战斗机，但是，基地里的战友们都对战斗机的前任驾驶员缄默不语。于是函南优一开始留意相关的消息，他渐渐知道，前任驾驶员的最后故事，而这故事本身与草薙水素有莫大的关系。随着调查的深入，函南优一逐渐发现记忆背后隐藏的秘密，而他每天与敌人的战斗，似乎也有着向着界限迈步的一天。
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Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie
★ 8.2 5 ratings
Mamoru Oshii actor: Mina Tominaga / Toshio Furukawa …
other title: Patlabor 2 - The Movie / Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 the Movie …
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.
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Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1988)
機動警察パトレイバー IMDb TMDB
Mamoru Oshii / Kazunori Ito … actor: Mina Tominaga / Ryusuke Ohbayashi …
other title: Patlabor (OAV) / Patlabor: Os Primeiros Dias …
In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equipped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vehicles Division 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.
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Talking Head (1992)
トーキング・ヘッド IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Mamoru Oshii actor: Shigeru Chiba / Tomoko Ishimura …
other title: トーキング・ヘッド / 会说话的头
After the director of a film in production dissappears, his replacement has to deal with the cast and crew being mysteriously killed off one by one.
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Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
ケルベロス 地獄の番犬
Mamoru Oshii actor: Yoshikatsu Fujiki / Shigeru Chiba …
other title: Stray Dogs : Kerberos Panzer Cops / ケルベロス 地獄の番犬 …
Detective Kouichi Todome, head of the elite Kerberos police squad, escapes after the unit is marked for destruction by the government. Three years later, Inui, a member of the squad, is released from prison with one goal: to find his former master. But the trail to Todome is a twisted one, and when Inui finally finds Todome, he realizes that instead of following his own path, Todome was following the orders of another.
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The Red Spectacles (1987)
紅い眼鏡
Mamoru Oshii actor: Shigeru Chiba / Machiko Washio …
other title: 紅い眼鏡 / 红眼镜 …
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.