Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs – a basset hound named Gabriel and a mutt named Daniel.

External links

• The official site (Japanese)
• The Straydog Fansite (Japanese)
• Mamoru Oshii Glossary
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Angel's Egg links
• Nine Sisters: Avalon, a UK perspective
• Hacking Your Own Ghost: Mythology in the Films of Oshii Mamoru by Brian Ruh
• Modern Ghosts, Postmodern Shells
• Miyazaki and Oshii discuss Patlabor 2
• Mamoru Oshii talks about Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
• Information on Headgear
• TheBassethound.net - A Mamoru Oshii Fansite
• filmography by Richard Suchenski