Genius Party
2007 · Movie · 1h 42m
The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.
- Shinji KimuraDirector
- Hideki FutamuraDirector
- Masaaki YuasaDirector
- Shinichiro WatanabeDirector
- Yoji FukuyamaDirector
- Atsuko FukushimaDirector
- Shoji KawamoriDirector
- Nobukazu TakemuraOriginal Music Composer
- Yoko KannoOriginal Music Composer
- Hideki FutamuraScreenplay
- Shoji KawamoriScreenplay
- Masaaki YuasaScreenplay
- Shinichiro WatanabeScreenplay
- Yoji FukuyamaScreenplay
- Christian FenneszOriginal Music Composer
- Seiichi YamamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Toshio NakagawaOriginal Music Composer
- Akio IzutsuOriginal Music Composer
- Kaoru InoueOriginal Music Composer
- Takuma WatanabeOriginal Music Composer
- Tomoko KanedaCast
- Rinko KikuchiCast
- Taro YabeCast
- Yuya YagiraCast
- Nanase IwaiCast
- Miki YamamotoCast
- Gakuto FuruharaCast
- Hiroshi MikamiCast
- Lu NingjuanCast
