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Mamoru Oshii

押井守

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Biography

Also known as

  • Rei Maruwa (丸輪零)
Occupations
Director
Years active
1977–present

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An anime and live-action director, mostly known for the former, whose seminal titles include Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Angel's Egg, the first two Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell films, as well as the Kerberos Saga universe of which Jin-Roh is a part.

His affinity for Euro arthouse cinema, his falling out with the Christian religion, and his fascination with the unsuccessful anti-occupation, pro-communist protest movement in postwar Japan shaped his unusual sensibilities. Recurring themes and aesthetics in his works include oppressive police states, unsuccessful protest movements, dysfunctional bureaucracies, political action that results in stasis, biblical scripture, and imagery, philosophical dilemmas, characters trapped in seemingly inescapable situations, the use of dialog as descriptive "texture" rather than a plot-driver, and otherwise Euro-arthouse pacing and storyboarding. He is both polarizing to mainstream audiences, and highly revered by cinephiles and Hollywood directors; his works have influenced Hollywood films such as Dark City, The Matrix, and Avatar.

Kenji Kamiyama, an anime director also closely associated with Production I.G, is his protégé.

Source: AniList (opens in a new tab) · updated

Staff credits (13 titles in the catalog)

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