Movies directed by Mamoru Oshii

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.

The film’s story centers on Musashi Miyamoto, one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history. He pioneered the Hyouhou Niten Ichi-ryuu style of two-sword fighting and wrote “The Book of Five Rings,” a book that has been compared to Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” for its insight on tactics and strategy.

Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage.

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.

An elite police unit, rebelled against disarmament orders. Their leader Koichi escaped after the uprising. Years later, ex-member Inui seeks him, encountering unexpected twists. Upon finding Koichi, Inui realizes he's been manipulated.

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.

Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.

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...

Contains Episode 10 and Episode 11.

Contains Episode 2 and Episode 3.

Police officers pursue a rogue labor mech rampaging through the city and causing widespread destruction. As the situation escalates, a young pilot is sent in to stop the machine before the damage grows even worse.

Contains Episode 0 and Episode 1.

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.

Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children’s Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii). Kiriko: the spirit of a murdered assassin takes revenge on the gang that killed her and her sister. Children's Samurai: an educational film narrates the like of a modern grade-school samurai dealing with bullies. Firing Range: the rifle of a Meiji Era soldier and the pistol of a modern police officer are transformed into powerful new weapons when they face off. Assault Girl 2: two guardian angels duel in a wheat field.

A short 3D CGI anime of Cyborg 009 directed by Mamoru Oshii.

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.

Contains Episode 4 and Episode 5.

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.

Contains Episode 8 and Episode 9.

In a radiation-soaked wasteland, two surviving soldiers, Frank and Goose, search for essential supplies amid the rubble. After a violent confrontation, Frank is haunted by visions of an angelic young girl holding a giant egg, herself a refugee from another world altogether. Could the egg be the key to saving both their world?

Part 1: "Time Knot: Reflection" Written by Kazunori Itô, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. Mayu finds a camera floating in the ocean while on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that isn't the unusual part. This camera hasn't been made yet, and won't be made for another two years. Soon, Mayu finds herself swinging uncontrollably back and forth through time like a pendulum. Part 2: "Mystery Article File 538" Written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. This episode follows a down-on-his-luck detective who accepts the first case to come his way: Surveillance of a man and a little girl. But who are they? And why do airplanes that fly over them turn into giant imperial carp? An investigator's normal methods don't apply when reality itself no longer applies.

"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made using a new technique called superlive-mation. It combined fact and fiction to tell daring stories of professional grifters, leaving viewers with a feeling of nostalgia for the Showa era. Following that, another movie has been completed. This new live-action film, "Eat and Run - 6 Beautiful Grifters" was made with the objective of filming its main actresses as beautifully as possible. The film is made up of six episodes directed by five different directors who rose to the challenge, two of which star Oshii himself.

Contains a recap and Episode 12, which leads into the film "THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Tokyo War" and its director's cut "Gray Ghost: THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor".

Theatrical anime movie created from the OVA 'Gosenzosama Banbanzai', written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.

Contains Episode 6 and Episode 7.

Excitement pervades through a university preparing for the annual school festival. Meanwhile, a calm atmosphere hangs over the club room of the film studies group which does not really have an exhibition. But Sara, who dreamed there was something in the corner of the club room, finds an old cardboard box that morning.

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…

The plot of Open Your Mind follows the extraterrestrial origin of life, coming from outerspace as six deities (Intermission act), evolving into water (Sho-ho) then emerging to the air (Hyakkin) and to the ground (Ku-nu). Each one of these creatures rules one of the six elements of the godai philosophy, i.e. Earth, Water, Fire, Wind (referred to as kaze in the Hyakkin chant), Sky and Consciousness (referred to as "Awakening" in the movie's title).

A 2003 theatrical compilation of five short film thrillers by five different Japanese directors. 'Pay Off' by Kazuhiro Kiuchi, 'Candy' by Shundo Ohkawa, 'Perfect Partner' by Takanori Tsujimoto, 'Killer Idol' by Shûji Kawata and the assassination attempt of Ghibli producer Suzuki in '.50 Woman' by Mamoru Oshii.

Noa Izumi is the pilot of an Ingram Patrol Labor, a law-enforcing robot suit. On a day off from work, Noa plans to attend a concert. However, due to a series of setbacks, Noa is running later and later.

Set in Tokyo in the near future, when all humanity has been wiped out, a lonely basset hound wanders around a deserted city. Its only wish is to feel the warmth of a human being once more.

Pilot film for a potential "Ghost in the Shell 3" directed by Mamoru Oshii in 2009 and included in a deluxe edition Blu-ray of Garm Wars: The Last Druid in 2016.

Under Anchor Headquarters is strictly off limits to all outsiders to protect the confidentiality of their activities. However, one day at lunchtime, Chigusa allowed the agents to "deliver", and this iron rule collapsed. Each of them was excited about the first event and asked for what they liked. However, the Chinese restaurant that received a sudden large order took a lot of time to cook, and there is no sign that it will arrive even after the lunch break. With so much hunger and impatience, the agents gradually get angry. Meanwhile, the news of a large-scale cyber attack arrived at the Kasumigaseki Central Information Management Center. (Director's cut of episode 35 of the Cellphone Investigator 7 TV show).

A two-part presentation of animatics ("Pilot Animation") integrated with new techniques in CGI & computer assisted workflows for a concept that Mamoru Oshii was developing. It later served as the basis for "Garm Wars: The Last Druid" (2014).

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.

Foxy Croquette Ogin disappeared after the protest incident in front of the National Diet building in 1960, but there are rumors of a mysterious Japanese woman amongst a band of guerillas in Palestine...

A tour through the city of Tokyo from its waterways, originally shown in a Roppongi Hills installation space, this short film was soon adapted into a DVD with all 4 angles captured and shown in the original exhibition and a full view that condenses them onto one screen.

Twenty-minute aerial overview of various Tokyo highlights, with continuous zooms from sweeping panoramas down to individual people on the street.

A pilot film for Mamoru Oshii's television series of the same name, which was cancelled while in production. The Fullmoon Tradition: Indra combines sci-fi ideas with Hindu mythology, creating an interesting hybrid about a group of adventurers led by Shudra, a descendant of the military goddess Indra. They journey to the "Moon Gate" in order to purify their home world of Purusha. The pilot shows a battle with a hydra, plus various conflicts and interactions.