Tag: Sky crawlers

Japanese stars Rinko Kikuchi, Shota Sometani Get Hitched

Congrats are order for Japanese film stars Rinko Kikuchi and Shota Sometani. It was announced the pair got married on Sometani’s official website January 1. Rinko Kikuchi is best-known in the States for her roles in Pacific Rim and Babel , for which she was …Read more »

Mamoru Oshii’s Garm Wars Trailer Streamed

October 2, 2014

Matt Schley

The first trailer for Mamoru Oshii’s new live-action film, Garm Wars: The Last Druid , is now online. Garm Wars , the latest film from Oshii, director of Ghost in the Shell and Sky Crawlers , is described by its production group, Nakamura Group Advantage, …Read more »

Stray Dog Of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii Review

August 11, 2014

Matt Schley

Angel's Egg . Patlabor . Ghost in the Shell . Jin-roh . The Sky Crawlers . These films are all the creation of Mamoru Oshii, one of anime's most celebrated and influential directors. A thinking person's director, Oshii's films are full of religious symbolism, philosophical …Read more »