Mind Game
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Wexner Center for the Arts
1871 North High Street, Columbus, OH
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Synopsis
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
Cast
- Kôji Imada
- Sayaka Maeda
- Takashi Fujii
- Seiko Takuma
- Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
- Toshio Sakata
- Jôji Shimaki
- Rintarô Nishi
- Kenichi Chujou
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- Dec 31, 2014
You know those parts in a Disney movie musical number where the animation stops pretending to depict things that are actually happening in the world of the movie and becomes a crazy abstract illustration of the music? This is a whole movie of that happening.
COBRARockyAug 3, 2021Made me realize that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively and there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Also, I’m out of dopamine.
CinemaVoid 🏴☠️Aug 23, 2021I could watch that lady paint herself and slap wall all day.
Griffin - Oct 29, 2015
Films like Mind Game, though incredibly innovative, are a reminder that the world of cinema is still very much a man's world. One could argue, as I'm sure the fans of this movie will, that there are no "films like Mind Game." Yes, there was something truly extraordinary…
ShacharApr 13, 2023One of my all time favorite depictions of God in any medium.
Neill ShaughnessApr 9, 2020It is no surprise that Mind Game escapes from its slice-of-life beginnings and dives into its manic surrealism as soon as the main character makes the decision to start doing instead of dawdling, seizing back his missed opportunity and opting to take charge instead as life…
reibureibu - Jul 1, 2018
A mid-life crisis movie for twenty-something’s. Finding life moves faster than ever expected, even with so much ahead, Nishi feels like so much has already been wasted. With the imminent possibility of death he reflects on his passivity and decides to live life to the…
Noah SmithMay 2, 2014Probably one of the most aptly titled and flawlessly animated films I've ever seen. It also has one of the better beginnings and endings in recent memory; the film, as a whole, is very good... but the opening and closing sequences, especially, are what bump this film up a…
Eli HayesJan 17, 2023OMG THAT ANIMATED MISOGYNY WAS SO COOL !
Noah DiVincenzo
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- tawo megstamiausias dede lovedMind Game
it was fun, but i mostly kept watching for the visuals. love the animation its so colourful and fun and expressive and and
Baers trash taste likedMind GameI kind of was bored watching it but I really wanted to see how it ended. Definitely enjoy the humor.
Abono gratuito likedMind Gamela peli más original que he visto nunca y en la q más culos he visto tmb
- AC is "meh" onMind Game
I should like it more than I do but it insists upon itself
Daniel Gullekson lovedMind Gameamazing message, with an outrageous presentation
Homer Simpson dislikedMind Gameanimations cool, didn’t like the vibe otherwise
- ow lovedMind Game
that movie did something to me
Logan lovedMind GameIdk what happened but I fw it
Ryker lovedMind GameIncredible. Changed my life
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Metacritic
The exhilarating Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy Mind Game plays out like a hallucinogen-fueled shaggy-dog joke that only ends after twenty-year-old horndog Nishi (Kôji Imada) discovers that the world does not revolve around him.
Simon Abrams
Village Voice
Put simply, Mind Game is a mind-blowing experience.
Phil Hall
Film Threat
A sometimes enthralling, sometimes exhausting tour de force.
Dana Stevens
The New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Mind Game (2018)?
The movie is 1hr 43min long.
What's Mind Game (2018) about?
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
Who's the cast of Mind Game (2018)?
- Kôji Imada as Nishi
- Sayaka Maeda as Myon
- Takashi Fujii as Jiisan
- Seiko Takuma as Yan
- Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Ryou
- Toshio Sakata as Father of Myon and Yan
- Jôji Shimaki as Yakuza boss
- Rintarô Nishi as Yakuza
- Kenichi Chujou as Atsu
Who's the director behind Mind Game (2018)?
Masaaki Yuasa and Kôji Morimoto directed Mind Game (2018).
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