Shigesato Itoi

Shigesato Itoi

Born: November 10, 1948
in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Japanese writer and copywriter, best known in the west for creating the Mother/Earthbound series.

Movies for Shigesato Itoi...

Earthbound, USA
Title: Earthbound, USA
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 2023
Type: Movie
American teenagers connect on the early internet to crusade for their favorite videogame of all time, pitting their fan site against a corporate goliath and their own looming adulthoods.
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Kids Konference
Title: Kids Konference
Character: Narrator
Released: July 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Hilarious but profound documentary, filmed at a nursery school where children enjoy "conferences" throughout a year. "Why were you born?" "How can we avoid fighting?" "Who made the universe?" "The booger tastes like kinako." The strange ideas and straightforward words that the children unfold make us laugh and sometimes surprise. Their discussion may give us full of hints for thinking about "how we live in the world without answers." Now, the world's weirdest and most important "Kids konference" by little wise men is about to begin.
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Norwegian Wood
Title: Norwegian Wood
Character: Professor
Released: December 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
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Sinking into the Moon
Title: Sinking into the Moon
Released: October 26, 2002
Type: Movie
Minamo is a patient at a mental institute who keeps having the same dream. In the dream, there’s a small lake with a big bright moon shinning over it. Minamo sees herself in a boat on the lake. Her eyes are filled with tears of blood, and the boat is sinking slowly into the lake. The moon becomes red and she hears a voice calling her, Kagari… Kagari…
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Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
Title: Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.
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Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
Title: Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
Released: September 2, 1992
Type: Movie
A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.
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My Soul Is Slashed
Title: My Soul Is Slashed
Character: Inohara
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the wrongs of his life while trying to resist the urge to become a vampire.
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My Neighbor Totoro
Title: My Neighbor Totoro
Character: Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Released: April 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
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Guys Who Never Learn
Title: Guys Who Never Learn
Released: August 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.