Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo

2015 Japanese film

Nana Seino
Hirotarō Honda

CinematographyMitsuo MatobaEdited byAtsuki SatoMusic byShûhei KamimuraDistributed byToei Company

Release date

July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)

Running time

85 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo (東京無国籍少女, lit. "The Stateless Girl of Tokyo") (also known as Nowhere Girl) is a Japanese suspense thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii. It was released on July 25, 2015, in Japan.^[1]

Plot

A strange girl feels that she is out of place in her school. The people around her are also strange. The Russian military attacks the school and she kills them with an AK-74. She wakes up to find that it was a dream, and the school is actually a refugee camp, she is a soldier, and Japan has been invaded by Russia.

Cast

Nana Seino as Ai^[1]
Nobuaki Kaneko^[1]
Lily^[1]
Hirotarō Honda^[1]

Reception

The film was panned by audiences, earning 2.43/5 stars on Yahoo Movies Japan and 2.5/5 stars on Eiga.com, with viewers citing the nonsensical story and bad acting as its biggest problems while praising its visuals.^[2]^[3] ScreenAnarchy stated: "Once again, Oshii Mamoru has made a film which is mostly for himself, treading ground he has covered before in other (and sometimes better) films. But as his reality-addled puzzles go, this one is actually pretty straightforward, and not too hard to solve. Most fans of his work will probably be pleased."^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mamoru Oshii Makes Live-Action Thriller Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo". Anime News Network. April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ "東京無国籍少女 - 作品".
^ "東京無国籍少女 : 作品情報".
^ "Imagine 2016 Review: Oshii Mamoru Takes NOWHERE GIRL To His Familiar Places". ScreenAnarchy. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

Works directed by Mamoru Oshii

Feature films

Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
The Red Spectacles (1987)
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
MAROKO (1990)
StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
Talking Head (1992)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Avalon (2001)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006)
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Assault Girls (2009)
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014–2015)
Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014)
Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo (2015)

Short films

Killers (".50 Woman"; 2003)
Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006)
Shin-Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden ("Assault Girl: Hinako The Kentucky", "The Golden Fish Girl"; 2007)

OVAs/ONAs