Mind Game (film)

Mind Game ? is a 2004 Japanese animated feature film based on Robin Nishis Japanese comic of the same name. It was planned, produced and primarily animated by Studio 4C and adapted and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, with chief animation direction and model sheets by Yichir Sueyoshi, art direction by Tru Hishiyama and groundwork and further animation direction by Masahiko Kubo.

Nishi is a 20yearold loser with dreams of becoming a comic book artist. One late evening he runs into his childhood crush, Myon, on the subway. Nishi declares he has always loved her, but she tells him she is due to marry someone else.They go to her fathers yakitori restaurant, and see Myons father and her elder sister Yan who runs the restaurant. Nishi also meets Myons fiancee, Ryo. Two yakuza gangsters enter, Atsu and a senior yakuza whom Atsu calls Aniki lit. brother. A term used by Yakuza to refer to each other. They are looking for Myons father, who seduced and stole Atsus girlfriend, and now hides cowering behind a corner. It is later revealed through flashbacks that the senior yakuza is actually the first boyfriend of the girls mother, whom was also seduced away by her husband during a disco in their youth. ........

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