Nezumikozo Jirokichi (2023)
Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a decade depicts pioneering 1930s director Sadao Yamanaka and the production of his Nezumikozo Jirokichi. Despite dying before the age of 30, Yamanaka was a pivotal influence in Japanese cinema whose work would go on to inspire future generations. While most of his films have been lost to time, his scripts remain, and Nezumikozo Jirokichi recreates one of these lost films—a tale of a famous, virtuous bandit in old Edo—as imagined by Rintaro together with an all-star team including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories), Taro Maki (Pluto, Millennium Actress) and Masao Maruyama (Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue).
Director: Rintaro
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Mami Koyama as Speaker (voice) |
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Michitake Kikuchi as (voice) |
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Takahiro Sumi as (voice) |
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Yuuki Hoshi as (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Katsuhiro Otomo | Character Designer |
| Sound | Toshiyuki Honda | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Rintaro | Director |
| Production | Emmanuel-Alain Raynal | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kaito Hattori | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Taro Maki | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Masanobu Tsuchiya | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yu-Ju Hsu | Compositing Artist |
| Art | Yoshinori Kanemori | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Matsumukou | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Pierre Baussaron | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Yoshie Ito | Compositing Artist |
| Editing | Kazuhiro Nii | Editor |
| Art | Katsuhiro Otomo | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Chen Changjuan | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ryoga Nakashima | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Masao Maruyama | Producer |
