Mamoru Oshii
65 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Aug 8, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 押井 守 · Mamoru Oshii · おしい まもる
Biography
Mamoru Oshii (押井 守, Oshii Mamoru, born 8 August 1951) is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984), Angel's Egg (1985), Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), and Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Known for
Mamoru Oshii: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2025
- 2021 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Mamoru Oshii
- 2008
Behind the camera (81)
- Upcoming Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1
Director, Screenplay
- Upcoming Chimera
Director
- 2023
- 2022 Blood Friends
Director
- 2021 Vlad Love · TV
Executive Producer, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Series Composition, Director, Creator
- 2020 Beautiful Dreamer
Original Story
- 2018 Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Original Story
- 2017
- 2016 Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot
Original Story
- 2016 G2.5
Director, Writer
- 2015 Nowhere Girl
Director
- 2015 The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- 2015 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7
Screenplay, General Manager, Director
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6
General Manager, Screenplay
- 2014 Garm Wars: The Last Druid
Director, Writer
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5
Screenplay, General Manager
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4
Director, General Manager, Screenplay
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3
General Manager, Director, Screenplay
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2
Screenplay, General Manager
- 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1
Director, Screenplay, General Manager
- 2014 The Next Generation: Patlabor · TV
Director, Screenplay, Original Series Creator, Original Story, Creator
- 2012 Blood-C: The Last Dark
Original Story
- 2010 009: The Reopening
Director
- 2010 28½
Director, Writer
- 2010 Je t'aime
Director
- 2010 Halo Legends
Director
- 2010
- 2009 Assault Girls
Director, Writer
- 2009 Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai
Screenplay
- 2009 Blood: The Last Vampire
Characters
- 2009
- 2008 Kill
Director
- 2008 The Sky Crawlers
Director
- 2008 Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Director
- 2008 Ani*Kuri15
Director, Writer
- 2008
- 2007 The Women of Fast Food
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 Open Your Mind
Executive Producer
- 2004
- 2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Screenplay, Director
- 2003 Killers
Director
- 2003 Tokyo Vein
Supervising Producer
- 2003 Tokyo Scanner
Supervising Producer
- 2002
- 2002 Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Original Story
- 2002
- 2001 G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War
Director, Writer
- 2001 Avalon
Director
- 2000 Blood: The Last Vampire
Supervising Producer, Creator, Original Story
- 1999 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Original Story, Screenplay
- 1995 Ghost in the Shell
Director, Storyboard Artist
- 1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie
Director, Original Story
- 1992 Talking Head
Director, Writer
- 1992 Patlabor: One Day of Noa
Original Story
- 1991 Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops
Director, Writer
- 1990
- 1990 MAROKO
Screenplay, Original Story, Director
- 1989
- 1989 Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! · TV
Director, Writer, Original Series Creator, Screenplay, Series Director, Creator
- 1989 Patlabor: The Movie
Director, Story, Original Story
- 1988
- 1988 In the Aftermath
Writer
- 1987
- 1987 Twilight Q
Director, Screenplay
- 1987
- 1987 The Red Spectacles
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
- 1985 Angel's Egg
Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- 1985 Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Storyboard Artist
- 1985 Dallos Special
Screenplay, Director
- 1984 Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Screenplay, Director
- 1983 Dallos
Director, Screenplay
- 1983
- 1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Director, Adaptation, Storyboard Artist
- 1982 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Director
- 1981 The Fullmoon Tradition: Indra
Director, Storyboard, Writer
- 1980
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2023
- 2021 THE ANIME STUDIO
1 episode
- 2021
- 2013