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Mind Game (2004)
マインド・ゲーム
7.70 Rating
103 min
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
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.
Nishi witnesses his high school sweetheart, Myon, getting her ankle crushed between subway doors while jumping onto a train. This unexpected encounter prompts a reunion with Myon, whom he still loves dearly. However, Nishi is taken aback to find out that she is already engaged to someone else. Nevertheless, he agrees to meet her fiancé at her family's Yakitori restaurant. Things take a violent turn when Nishi tries to protect Myon from the Yakuza's raping attempts, and he gets murdered.
After his death, Nishi is met by a god who constantly changes form and ridicules him for meeting such a tragic end. The god offers him the option to enter a portal and vanish forever. But instead, Nishi chooses to defy the god and runs past him to come back to life. With newfound wisdom and knowledge of the impending Yakuza attack, Nishi seizes one of their guns and kills one of their members. He escapes with Myon and her sister in a stolen car.
Masaaki Yuasa creates a uniquely captivating film, Mind Game, that utilizes dynamic visuals to convey a message about living life without regrets.
After his death, Nishi is met by a god who constantly changes form and ridicules him for meeting such a tragic end. The god offers him the option to enter a portal and vanish forever. But instead, Nishi chooses to defy the god and runs past him to come back to life. With newfound wisdom and knowledge of the impending Yakuza attack, Nishi seizes one of their guns and kills one of their members. He escapes with Myon and her sister in a stolen car.
Masaaki Yuasa creates a uniquely captivating film, Mind Game, that utilizes dynamic visuals to convey a message about living life without regrets.
While jumping onto a train, Nishi's high school sweetheart, Myon, has her ankle crushed between the subway doors. Witnessing this unexpected encounter prompts Nishi to reunite with Myon, whom he still loves deeply. However, his hopes of being with her are crushed when he learns she is engaged to someone else. Nevertheless, he meets her fiancé at her family's Yakitori restaurant, only to face a violent encounter with the Yakuza, who attempt to rape Myon. Unfortunately, Nishi loses his life trying to protect her.
Following his death, Nishi meets a god who constantly morphs and ridicules him for his tragic end. The god then offers him the option to enter a portal and vanish from existence. However, Nishi chooses to defy the god and runs past him to return to his life. With newfound wisdom and knowledge of the impending Yakuza attack, Nishi seizes one of their guns and kills a member of their group. He then escapes with Myon and her sister in a stolen car.
With dynamic visuals, director Masaaki Yuasa creates a captivating film, Mind Game, which highlights the importance of living life without regrets.
Following his death, Nishi meets a god who constantly morphs and ridicules him for his tragic end. The god then offers him the option to enter a portal and vanish from existence. However, Nishi chooses to defy the god and runs past him to return to his life. With newfound wisdom and knowledge of the impending Yakuza attack, Nishi seizes one of their guns and kills a member of their group. He then escapes with Myon and her sister in a stolen car.
With dynamic visuals, director Masaaki Yuasa creates a captivating film, Mind Game, which highlights the importance of living life without regrets.
Nishi, an awkward young manga artist in Osaka, has had on longstanding crush on Myon. Thing is, Myon's got a thing for rugged Ryo. Matters come to a head at her sister Yan's yakitori restaurant, in the presence of the girl's dissolute father — who happens to owe a bunch of money to a pair of creepy gangsters, who've come to collect. Things get ugly, and Nishi gets killed in a brutal, graphic fashion. End of the story? No way, that's just the start. Pulling a fast one on God (in all his/her/its infinite manifestations), Nishi hightails it back to Earth, where he replays the crime to his advantage, steals a car and grabs the girls. Under a hail of yakuza gunfire, he bails off a bridge — and into the mouth of a whale. There, he and his two female companions encounter a tenacious and lively old man who has set up camp in the beast's belly, longing to someday return to human company on dry land. With no immediate exit available, the quartet make do — fishing, fighting, making love, weaving tales of strange happenings on faraway planets and dreaming of life in the real world. Will they ever set foot there again?
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama, Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Anime, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Avant Garde
Release: 2004
Genre: Drama, Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Anime, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Avant Garde
Release: 2004
Director: Masaaki Yuasa,Kôji Morimoto
Production: Asmik Ace Entertainment, Studio 4°C, Beyond C
Cast: Rintarou Nishi, Kôji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma,
Production: Asmik Ace Entertainment, Studio 4°C, Beyond C
Cast: Rintarou Nishi, Kôji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma,
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakata, Jôji Shimaki, Kenichi Chujou