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Mamoru Oshii
Birth at
8 August 1951
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Famous Japanese film director and screenwriter Mamoru Oshii was born on August 8, 1951 in Tokyo. He was the third, youngest child in the family. As children, parents took their children to the cinema every weekend, and sometimes in the middle of the week, which was a great luxury for postwar Japan. From a young age, Mamoru Oshii simply fell in love with cinema, which transported him from everyday life to a fabulous country. While still studying at school, he became interested in very popular science
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Famous Japanese film director and screenwriter Mamoru Oshii was born on August 8, 1951 in Tokyo. He was the third, youngest child in the family. As children, parents took their children to the cinema every weekend, and sometimes in the middle of the week, which was a great luxury for postwar Japan. From a young age, Mamoru Oshii simply fell in love with cinema, which transported him from everyday life to a fabulous country. While still studying at school, he became interested in very popular science fiction at that time, even corresponded with the famous Japanese science fiction writer Ryu Mitsuse and dreamed of becoming a writer of this genre.
While in high school, Mamoru Oshii became interested in politics, participated in rallies and demonstrations. This fascination was later reflected in such films as Future Police: Rebellion and Werewolf. After graduating from high school, Mamoru enters the prestigious capital university - Tokyo Gakugei University, which he successfully graduated in 1976.
Mamoru Oshii began his work in cinema with several short films, and then in 1977 he came to the animated film studio Tatsunoko Production, where he participated in the creation of his first film, Ryu no me no namida (1979). The following year, he moved to Studio Pierrot, where he worked under the direction of the famous director Hisayuki Toriumi, participated in the creation of the TV series “Nils no Fushigi na Tabi” and “Dallos”. Here comes the first independent feature-length animated film by Mamoru Oshii called “Urusei Yatsura: Only You”, which immediately won audience sympathy.
After such success, Mamoru Oshii was invited to stage an animated film based on the famous manga Masamune Shiro. Feature film
"Ghost in the Shell" It was released in 1995 and won international acclaim, becoming one of the most popular anime in the world. Almost ten years later, Mamoru Oshii returns to this theme, and in 2004 the continuation of “Ghost in the Shell” – the animated film “Innocence” – was released. When creating this film, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Mamoru Oshii again acted as director.