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Satoshi Kon (今 敏, Kon Satoshi, October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). [1]
- 10 World Apartment Horror
- 9 Roujin Z
- 8 Hashire Melos!
- 7 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
- 6 Patlabor 2: The Movie
- 5 Paprika
- 4 Tokyo Godfathers
- 3 Millennium Actress
- 2 Perfect Blue
- 1 Magnetic Rose
Kicking off this list is World Apartment Horror, a 1991 horror comedy directed by Katsuhiro Otomo with a screenplay by Keiko Nobumoto from a story by Satoshi Kon. The film follows a Yakuza underling who is ordered to rid an apartment of its tenants but faces difficulties when an evil spirit makes its presence known. World Apartment Horror recieved ...
Roujin Zis a 1991 anime film about a young nurse set on helping an elderly man confined to a computerized hospital bed with robotic features only to discover that the bed is actually an experimental government-designed weapons robot. The film wonderfully blends science-fiction with action, thriller, and comedy, resulting in a film with plenty of he...
Next up is HashireMelos!, a 1992 remake of a 1981 film about a Greek country man named Melos who is accused of conspiring against the king and given three days before his execution to his sister's wedding. The film is based on the 1940 Japanese short story of the same name. As with Roujin Z, Satoshi Kon was involved in Hashire Melos!early in his ca...
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigadeis set in an alternate history of 1950s Japanese riots and follows Kazuki Fuse, a member of an elite para-military police force who is traumatized by witnessing the suicide of a young girl, who then develops a peculiar relationship with the girl's sister. What makes this entry interesting is that Kon's contribution to this ...
Patlabor 2: The Movie is a 1993 science-fiction political thriller about the Japanese Air Force being blamed for a terrorist attack and the main characters from the first film getting caught in the center of a growing political conflict. Patlabor 2tackles the state of Japan at the time, which had been progressing technologically, economically, and ...
The first entry on this list in which Kon was the writer and director, Paprikais arguably Kon's most well-known film. The film that follows a research psychologist named Paprika who uses a device that allows her to help patients by entering their dreams, but when the machine is stolen, all Hell breaks loose and only Paprika can stop it. Paprika was...
Tokyo Godfathersis Kon's third anime movie as a director which follows three homeless people who find a newborn baby (which they name Kiyoko, based on the Japanese translation of Silent Night), and the hijinks that ensue over the series of coincidences the trio find themselves on as they try to find the baby's parents. RELATED: 10 Best Anime Movies...
Millennium Actressis a 2001 film by Satoshi Kon which follows two documentary filmmakers who interview a retired acting legend named Chiyoko Fujiwara, but in telling them her life story, the lines between reality and cinema begin to blur as the filmmakers travel through her memories and career. The film received near-universal acclaim from critics,...
Perfect Blueis a 1997 film that, while not written by Kon, was directed by him. The film tells the story of Mima Kirigoe, a pop singer who retires from music to pursue acting, and finds herself becoming the victim of a stalker. But as that's happening, a series of murders begin to take place, and Mima's grip on reality starts to crumble as she is h...
Satoshi Kon's best film, according to IMDb, is Magnetic Rose, which is actually a short film that was part of an anthology called Memories. The film tells the story of a corporate freighter in deep space called to investigate a distress beacon from a derelict station, only to find that the station is being run by the deranged AI of a jaded opera si...
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Apr 1, 2022 · The Japanese director known for influential films like ‘Paprika’ and ‘Perfect Blue’ died of pancreatic cancer in 2010.
Dec 22, 2020 · Ten years after his death, animation director Satoshi Kon continues to influence filmmakers around the world. What is its charm? We spoke to Masao Maruyama, a producer who has been working alongside him, and Sung Hsin-ying, who directed the Taiwanese animated film ``Chee on the Happiness Road''.
Aug 26, 2010 · Satoshi Kon, a Japanese filmmaker and comic-book artist whose dazzling visual compositions and humane, emotionally resonant stories won him a devoted following in animation circles and...
Satoshi Kon was a Japanese director of anime films. Kon started his career as a manga artist and editor in Young Magazine, and then made his screenwriting debut with Magnetic Rose, a section of the anthology film Memories.
Nov 22, 2023 · Satoshi Kon directed just four feature films before his untimely death in 2010 at the age of 46, yet he is widely regarded as one of the most influential animators of his generation.
