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Ritual

Name: Ritual
Director: Hideaki Anno
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami, Shinobu Otake, Suzuki Matsuo

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

2000 · Directed by Hideaki Anno · 128 min · Drama · 10 frames

Tagline

Tomorrow is my birthday.

Crew

Screenplay: Hideaki Anno
Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata
Edited by: Soichi Ueno
Production design: Yuji Hayashida
Produced by: Miyuki Nanri, Nozomu Takahashi

Cast

Shunji Iwai as Director
Ayako Fujitani as She
Jun Murakami as Bicycle Man
Shinobu Otake as Mother
Suzuki Matsuo as Man (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara as Woman (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Tokuma Shoten, Studio Kajino
Themes: based on novel or book, birthday, film director

More by Hideaki Anno

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion — 1997
Cutie Honey — 2004
Love & Pop — 1998
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo — 2012
Shin Kamen Rider — 2023

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