Talking Head (1992)
1h 45m
Running Time
October 10, 1992Release Date
Talking Head (1992)
1h 45m
Running Time
October 10, 1992Release Date
Plot.
It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical director" to fill in for the missing director. But there's more going on here than just slipping deadlines. One by one, the staff is being murdered and it's only a matter of time before the new director's next on the list!
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Shigeru Chiba
Rei Maruwa
Tomoko Ishimura
Tamiko
Fumihiko Tachiki
Gen Handawara
Yoshikatsu Fujiki
Jiro Itano
Yoshikazu Fujiki
Jiro Itano
Keishi Hunt
Ito
Mamoru Oshii
Director
Mako Hyodo
The Ghost
Hiroki Miyagawa
Producer
Shin'ichi Ishihara
Kawai
Hisayoshi Izaki
Kitakubo
Shin Unozawa
Producer
Kenji Kawai
Composer
Toshihiko Kameyama
Producer
Yousuke Mamiya
Cinematographer
Hiroko Kaneko
Secretary
Hiroshi Matsuo
Editor
Masaya Kato
Yamashita
Takashi Matsuyama
Tahara
Eri Mayama
Aya
Zenchû Mitsui
Hanta
Shô Nobushi
Unoyama
Natsumi Sasaki
Tomoe
Mayumi Tanaka
Shijimi
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 1992
Original Nameトーキング・ヘッド
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Genres
Wiki.
Talking Head (トーキング・ヘッド, Tōkingu Heddo) is a 1992 live-action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. It is a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head.
The film has many references to the anime industry with characters being named after animators such as Yasuo Ōtsuka and Ichirō Itano, designer Yutaka Izubuchi, writer Kazunori Itō, and composer Kenji Kawai. The director of the film within the film is named Rei Maruwa, which was a pseudonym for Oshii on several of his projects.
The film features a short anime segment by famous character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto (of Macross fame).