Movie

Mind Game

2004 · 103 min

A wildly inventive, visually chaotic ride that swings from crude comedy to existential terror to joyful exuberance, demanding you surrender to its unpredictable rhythm.

Directed by: Masaaki Yuasa
Genres: Animation, Romance, Comedy
Starring: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Seiko Takuma

Tagline: This Story Has Never Ended.
Overview: Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
How it feels: Whimsical, absurd, dark and uplifting. Brisk and demanding.
About: Survival, love, identity, fate
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Directed by: Masaaki Yuasa
Genres: Animation, Romance, Comedy
Starring: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Seiko Takuma

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
love
identity
fate
redemption
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
animated
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong