Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Talking Head (film)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.2
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.2
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Genre
  
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Duration
  

Director
  
Mamoru Oshii

Narrator
  
Tessho Genda

7/10
IMDb

Writer
  
Mamoru Oshii

Initial release
  
October 10, 1992

Running time
  
2h 5m

Talking Head (film) movie poster

Genres
  
Drama, Thriller, Indie film, Art film, Psychological thriller, Japanese Movies, World cinema

Cast
  
Shigeru Chiba
(I),
Yoshikazu Fujiki
(Itano),
Keishi Hunt
(Ito),
Mako Hyōdō
(Costumer),
Shin'ichi Ishihara
(Kawai),
Tomoko Ishimura
(Tamiko)

Similar movies
  
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
,
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
,
The Blair Witch Project
,
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
,
Full Tilt Boogie

Mamoru oshii talking head stray dog red spectacles trailer


Talking Head (トーキング・ヘッド, Tōkingu Heddo) is a 1992 live action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. It's a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head.

Contents

The film has many references to the anime industry with characters being named after animators such as Yasuo Ōtsuka and Ichirō Itano, designer Yutaka Izubuchi, writer Kazunori Itō, and composer Kenji Kawai. The director of the film within the film is named Rei Maruwa, which was a pseudonym for Oshii on several of his projects.

The film features a short anime segment by famous character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto (of Macross fame).

Talking head coming soon


References

Talking Head (film) Wikipedia
Talking Head (film) IMDb Talking Head (film) themoviedb.org