Mind Game (2004)

Actors: Takashi Fujii (actor), Kôji Imada (actor), Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (actor), Eiko Tanaka (producer), Masaaki Yuasa (writer), Masaaki Yuasa (director), Toshio Sakata (actor), Rintarou Nishi (actor), Jôji Shimaki (actor), Seiko Takuma (actress), Seiichi Yamamoto (composer), Keiko Mizuta (editor), Robin Nishi (writer), Robin Nishi (writer), Fayray (composer),

Plot: The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place. Nishi (and some friends) attempt to break out of their trap, and discover what it truly means to be alive along the way. This is a mind-bending trip that uses some of the most innovative animation ever created.

Keywords: alternative-reality, anime, based-on-comic, bathing, car-chase, chainsaw, childhood-memory, comic-artist, dance, drunkenness
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy,

Quotes:

Nishi: Fear takes the shape we're willing to give it.

Nishi: We've gotta leave. It's that or drown.::Yan: But how?::Nishi: The boat, of course!::Myon: The cops'll be looking for us.::Nishi: So?::Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us!::Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got!