- Date of Birth: 08 August, 1951
- Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
- Biography: Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker and writer famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs – a basset hound named Gabriel (ガブリエル) and a mutt named Daniel.
Filmography
- Assault Girls (2009)
- Kiru (2008)
- Sukai kurora (The Sky Crawlers) (2008)
- Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0 (Ghost in the Shell 2.0) (2008)
- Shin onna tachiguishi retsuden (The Women of Fast Food) (2007)
- Tachiguishi retsuden (Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters) (2006)
- Innocence (Innocence: Ghost in the Shell) (2004)
- Blood: The Last Vampire (2001)
- Avalon (2001)
- Jin-Rô (The Wolf Brigade) (1999)
- Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in the Shell) (1996)
- Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 (Patlabor 2) (1993)
News
MUMBAI: The 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has attracted a record 212 film entries from 43 countries. A total of 126 feature films, 51 documentaries, 18 animated feature films and 17 children's feature films will be considered for nominations... ... Full Article
Halo Legends was unveiled at Comic Con to an audience of conventiongoers who were treated to the first glimpses of the forthcoming animated series that brings together some of the biggest names in Japanese animation. ... Full Article
Mamoru Oshii Announces Assault Girls
comingsoon.net –
2009-07-22
Anime auteur Mamoru Oshii ( Ghost in the Shell , Innocence ) has announced his first live-action film in eight years, reports Variety . Titled Assault Girls , the movie stars Oscar-nominated Rinko Kikuchi ( Babel ), Meisa Kuroki and... ... Full Article
AICN Anime - Murder Princess, Evangelion 2.0, Code Geass, Gantz, the Return of Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo and More...
aintitcool.com –
2009-05-08
I'm glad I got my Appleseed Metal box set when it was first released. It looks like ADV's release will be barebones. And I would have loved to see a Pippi Longstocking movie done by Miyazaki. ... Full Article
Surreal. first glance, the film seems nothing like any of Oshii's earlier opus. The central premise of the story, for instance, is revealed only in the last 15 minutes of the film. ... Full Article
When Quentin Tarantino announced last year that his WWII epic Inglourious Basterds would be ready to screen at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, it was a claim understandably met with skepticism. ... Full Article


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