His Own Selection: Mamoru Oshii

Shining the spotlight on Japanese directors active from the 1980s onward, the National Film Centre's 'His Own Selection' programme welcomes Mamoru Oshii for its fifth edition. Born in Tokyo in 1951, Oshii started his career as a storyboard artist making anime for TV before breaking big with the Urusei Yatsura series and, in 1983, directing his first feature-length film (Urusei Yatsura: Only You). After working on Patlabor with the Headgear group that also included the likes of Kazunori Ito, Oshii came out with Ghost in the Shell (1995) – and the rest is history. This two-week feature includes a total of 20 Ishii films – see the full programme and schedule here (in Japanese only).