Genius Party
The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.
Cast
Tomoko Kaneda
Rinko Kikuchi
Taro Yabe
Yuya Yagira
Nanase Iwai
Miki Yamamoto
Gakuto Furuhara
Hiroshi Mikami
Lu Ningjuan
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
- Budget
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- Revenue
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- Age rating
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- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- STUDIO4℃
Crew
Director
Shinji Kimura
Writers
Hideki Futamura, Shoji Kawamori, Masaaki Yuasa, Shinichiro Watanabe
Nobukazu Takemura
Original Music Composer
Yoko Kanno
Original Music Composer
Christian Fennesz
Original Music Composer
Seiichi Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Toshio Nakagawa
Original Music Composer
Akio Izutsu
Original Music Composer
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