Tachiguishi-Retsuden
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| 立喰師列伝 Tachiguishi-Retsuden |
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| Directed by | Mamoru Oshii Toshihiko Nishikubo (sequence director) |
| Produced by | Toshihiko Nishikubo |
| Written by | Mamoru Oshii (based on the novel) |
| Starring | Kaito Kisshoji Mako Hyodo Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Toshio Suzuki Shinji Higuchi Kenji Kawai |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Editing by | Junichi Uematsu |
| Distributed by | Production I.G |
| Release date(s) |  April 8, 2006 September 5, 2006 Sept. 28, 2006 October 12, 2006 October 22, 2006 |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Language | Japanese |
| Followed by | Otoko Tachiguishi-Retsuden |
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Tachiguishi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝, tachiguishi retsuden), aka Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters, is a 2006 animation movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, who also wrote the eponymous novel this film is based on.
Both works are part of the Kerberos saga. Live-action film and manga adaptations were produced few months later in Japan.
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[edit] Superlivemation
Tachiguishi-Retsuden is a documentary-style animation film created with an innovative technique named "Superlivemation". Oshii first experimented this flat 3D technique in his 2001 live-action feature Avalon as a visual effect for explosions in Ash's game, then he developed it, the following years, in both the MiniPato short films and PSP game. Characters have a tiny body and an oversized head which makes them looking funny. They are animated like puppets and are evolving in a pictures based environment in the likes of the JibJab Brothers' (Gregg and Evan Spiridellis) musical comedy cartoons, e.g. 2・0・5 Year In Review, although Mamoru Oshii stated his own work was a "serious comedy".
The Superlivemation consists of digitally processing then animating, paper puppet theater-style characters and locations based on real photographies. In Tachiguishi-Retsuden more than 30,000 photographies were processed 20 times, to produce the final composite to be animated.
The director describes his new animation film as set between "a simple animation with extremely intense information" and "a live-action movie with extremely limited information".
[edit] Terms
- Tachiguishi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝)
Tachiguishi retsuden can be literally translated as "Stand-and-eat masters biographies", though the international title is Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of The Fast Food Grifters. Non-English versions' official title is either the English one (French and Catalan versions), either its litteral translation (Italian version).
- Tachiguishi (立喰師)
Tachiguishi can be translated as "stand-and-eat master" though it is officially translated as "fast food grifter". As tachigui professionals, one of the tachiguishi privileges is to eat in stand-and-eat street restaurants without paying. In the movie, Mamoru Oshii describes these characters as "glorified maverick heroes who have carved their names in the history of dietary culture, sometimes accused of destroying the public order or simply dismissed of being pure fiction". All Tachiguishi names are connected to a specific dinner, which is related to a Japanese culinate era from the '40s its traditional food (月見 or "moongaze", raw egg) up to the 2000s and the americanized fast food ("hamburger").
- Tachigui (立喰い)
Tachigui literally translates as "stand-and-eat" and more loosely as fast food. Tachigui includes soba (noodle bowl) and gyudon (rice with beef bowl).
[edit] Stand-and-eat food
Several stand-and-eat dinners appears in Tachiguishi-Retsuden including:
- 月見: Moongaze (or "moon-viewing"), soba with raw egg.
- コロッケ: Croquette.
- 牛丼: Gyudon, beef and rice bowl.
- カレーライス: Curry and rice.
- フランクフルト: Frankfurter sausage.
- ハンバーガー: Hamburger
[edit] Prequels
[edit] Urusei Yatsura (198X)
Foxy Croquette O-Gin (ケツネコロッケのお銀) first appeared in Mamoru Oshii's Urusei Yatsura anime based on an original story by Rumiko Takahashi.
[edit] While Waiting For The Red Spectacles (1987)
- For more details on this topic, see While Waiting For The Red Spectacles.
The Fast Food Grifters first appeared, in the 1987 radio drama While Waiting For The Red Spectacles's (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ) Cold Badger Masa assassination episode.
[edit] The Red Spectacles (1987)
- For more details on this topic, see The Red Spectacles.
Moongaze Ginji and Foxy Croquette O-Gin are featured in the 1987 live-action film The Red Spectacles (紅い眼鏡, Akai Megane).
[edit] Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion (1999)
- For more details on this topic, see Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion.
Cold Badger Masa and Moongaze Ginji are featured in the 1999 manga series Kerberos Panzer Cop's (犬狼伝説 完結篇) Act 6.
[edit] Story
[edit] Overview
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| "I still remember well what I was eating each time something happened [...], so by talking about what we've been eating, I think we can illuminate the age we've lived". Mamoru Oshii |
Starting from a Proustian approach of food, Oshii tries to recreate 60-years of Japanese dietary history in his "Documentary of Showa underground". This work is actually a false documentary style animation movie, which borrows and develops some key elements from his 1987 debut live-action feature, The Red Spectacles, e.g. the stand-and-eat (tachigui), the post-World War II retro background, the avant-garde visuals and screenplay, and even the tachiguishi theme with returning characters like Moongaze Ginji.
In Akai Megane (The Red Spectacles), the new totalitarianist government has forbidden the tachigui in Tokyo in 1998. Stand-and-eat bars, among popular services like convenience stores, were seen as a threat to public order by the liberty killer political authority, therefore they were banned or restricted. However, some illegal tachigui bars still exists in the underground of the capital. One of the reason these bars have been definitely prohibited is, they were open at night and both owners and customers were suspected to take part to subversive talks and meetings.
[edit] Plot
[edit] Characters
- For more details; see Kerberos saga characters.
- Moongaze Ginji
- Foxy Croquette O-Gin
- Crying Inumaru
- Cold Badger Masa
- Beefbowl Ushigoro
- Hamburger Tetsu
- Medium Hot Sabu
- Frankfurter Tatsu
- Crepe Mami
- Baked Bean Pastry Amataro
- Tokumitsu Shinada
- Manager Kamiyama
[edit] Sequels
[edit] Otoko Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006)
- For more details on this topic, see Otoko Tachiguishi-Retsuden.
Mamoru Oshi directed a spin-off episode "Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette O-Gin ~Struggle to Death in Palestine~". This OVA DVD was available in Comic Ryu vol.1 magazine released on September 19, 2006.
[edit] Kerberos & Tachiguishi (2006)
The project of a Kerberos saga sidestories crossover as a new manga series was unveiled in Comic Ryu vol.1, a comic series magazine issued in September 2006. The Kerberos and Tachiguishi joint universe first appeared in While Waiting For The Red Spectacles, the 1987 radio drama that launched the Kerberos saga.
Two independent arcs based on these character groups were created with shared reference and characters such as Moongaze Ginji featured in The Red Spectacles live action movie. Later, the "old time gone of tachigui" is referred by Hayashi in the movie's 1991 sequel StrayDog. Jin-Roh, the last episode of the feature trilogy, features a scene referring to the January 1st, 1960 Zengakuren-Bund joint communist militants and sympathisans protest in front of the National Diet Building. The same scene is portrayed in the prologue of Kerberos Panzer Cop vol.1s 1999 renewed edition, and is referred in Tachigui-retsudens Foxy Croquette O-Gin chapter.
The new manga series named Kerberos & Tachigui: Woman's Abdomen Biological Clock (tentative title for ケルベロスＸ立喰師 腹腹時計の少女, keruberosu ekusu tachiguishi hara haradokei no otoko) will start in Comic Ryu vol.2 that will be issued in Japan on late November 2006.
[edit] Licensed products
[edit] Books
- 2004.02.XX: Tachiguishi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝) novel by Mamoru Oshii
- Kadokawa Shoten, 287p., 19cm, ISBN 4-04-873516-0
- 2006.04.XX: Tachiguishi-Retsuden, gakugo riki. (立喰師、かく語りき。) interview book by Mamoru Oshii
- Tokuma Shoten, 254p., 19cm, ISBN 4-19-862160-8
[edit] Soundtracks
- 2006.04.05: Tachiguishi-Retsuden O.S.T. (立喰師列伝) original soundtrack by Kenji Kawai (featuring e-mi)
- Victor Entertainment, 24 tracks, VICL-61927
[edit] Videos
- 2006.09.22: Tachiguichi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝) DVD
- Bandai Visual, 90min. Film, DVD9, DD5.1ch + DD2.0ch
- 2006.09.22: Tachiguichi-Retsuden Collectors Set (立喰師列伝 コレクターズセット) L.E. 2DVD
- Bandai Visual, 90min. Film, 2DVD9, DD5.1ch + DD2.0ch, Special Disc: 90min. Making Of, 192p. Script Replica, 62p. Collector Booklet
[edit] Cast & staff
[edit] Guest stars
- Shoji Kawamori: Famous for Macross Plus, etc.
- Kenji Kawai: Famous composer of Mamoru Oshii feature films (StrayDog, Patlabor the movie 2, GITS, Avalon) and Warp/Sega video games (Enemy Zero, Deep Fear), etc.
- Kenji Kamiyama: Famous director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series, etc.
- Toshio Suzuki: etc.
- Shinji Higuchi: etc.
- Katsuya Terada: etc.
[edit] Cast
- Kaito Kisshoji (吉祥寺怪人): Moongaze Ginji (月見の銀二, Tsukimi no Ginji)
- Mako Hyodo (兵頭まこ): Foxy Croquette O-Gin (ケツネコロッケのお銀, Ketsune Krocket no Oginn)
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川光久): Crying Inumaru (哭きの犬丸, Naki no Inumaru)
- Toshio Suzuki (鈴木敏夫): Cold Badger Masa (冷しタヌキの政, Hiyashi Tanuki no Masa)
- Shinji Higuchi (樋口真嗣): Beefbowl Ushigoro (牛丼の牛五郎, Gyudonn no Ushi-Goro)
- Kenji Kawai (川井憲次): Hamburger Tetsu (ハンバーガーの哲, Hamburger no Tetsu)
- Katsuya Terada (寺田克也): Frankfurter Tatsu (フランクフルトの辰, Frankfurt no Tatsu)
- Shoji Kawamori (河森正治): Medium Hot Sabu (中辛のサブ, Chu-Kara no Sabu)
- Fuyuki Shinada (品田冬樹): Tokumitsu Shinada
- Kenji Kamiyama (神山健治): Manager Kamiyama
[edit] Voice cast
- Koichi Yamadera (山寺宏一): Narrator
- Mako Hyodo (兵頭まこ): Narratress
- Yoshiko Sakakibara (榊原良子): Narrator
[edit] Staff
- Original story, script and direction: Mamoru Oshii
- Shooting: Keiichi Sakazaki
- 3DCG: IKIF
- Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura
- Sound: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Music: Kenji Kawai
- Production: Toshihiko Nishikubo
- Animation: Production I.G
[edit] Trivia
- The Tachiguishi-Retsuden logo bears the mention "Tachiguichi-Retsuden 1945-2006 A Mamoru Oshii Animation Film".
- The theatrical release poster, which was later used on the OST and the videos, features several symbols of the Japanese popular culture and modern history. Clockwise, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress passing over, in reference to the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities in 1945, the Tokyo Tower which was completed in 1958, the high-speed train Shinkansen 0 Series, launched in 1964, at last, the standing character eating a gyudong bowl is Foxy Croquette O-Gin, in reference to the popular tachigui practice.
[edit] Sources
- Production I.G official English website (English)
- Tachiguishi-Retsuden Official website (Japanese)
- Kenji Kawai official English website (English)
- GA Graphic official website (Japanese)
- Comic Ryu official website (Japanese)
- Production I.G Special Site (Japanese)
- IKIF studio official website (Japanese)
[edit] Media links
- Movie trailer (Japanese)
| Kerberos saga by Mamoru Oshii |  |
| KERBEROS ARC | While Waiting For The Red Spectacles (1987) | The Red Spectacles (1987) | Kerberos Panzer Cop (1988) | StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991) | Jin-Roh (1999) | Kerberos Saga: Rainy Dogs (2003) | Kerberos Panzer Jäger (2006) | Kerberos & Tachiguishi (2006) TACHIGUISHI ARC | Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2004) | Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006) | Otoko Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006) OFFICIAL BOOTLEG | Images Of The Last Battalion (2005) KERBEROS FILES | Saga | Chronicles | Characters | Protect-Gear | Weapons | Vehicles |
