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Mind Game

Name: Mind Game
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Genre: Animation, Romance, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2004
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

2004 · Directed by Masaaki Yuasa · 103 min · Animation · Romance · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Adventure · 19 frames

Tagline

This Story Has Never Ended.

Crew

Screenplay: Masaaki Yuasa
Edited by: Keiko Mizuta
Music: Seiichi Yamamoto
Produced by: Eiko Tanaka, Masarô Toyoshima, Rika Hatakeda, Munetoshi Matsuo

Cast

Koji Imada as Nishi (voice)
Sayaka Maeda as Myon (voice)
Takashi Fujii as Jiisan (voice)
Seiko Takuma as Yan (voice)
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Ryou (voice)
Toshio Sakata as Father of Myon and Yan (voice)
Jôji Shimaki as Yakuza boss (voice)
Rintaro Nishi as Yakuza (voice)
Kenichi Chujou as Atsu (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: STUDIO4℃, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Rentrak Japan, Beyond C.
Box office: $36,613
Themes: new love, heaven, cruelty, adult animation, anime, psychological, avant garde

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