Mind Game

Aug 7, 2004

1h 43m

★ 7.5

This Story Has Never Ended.

Overview

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

Genres

Animation

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

STUDIO4℃

Asmik Ace Entertainment

Rentrak Japan

Beyond C.

Mind Game Trailers

Cast

Nishi (voice)

Koji Imada

Myon (voice)

Sayaka Maeda

Jiisan (voice)

Takashi Fujii

Yan (voice)

Seiko Takuma

Ryou (voice)

Tomomitsu Yamaguchi

Father of Myon and Yan (voice)

Toshio Sakata

Yakuza boss (voice)

Jôji Shimaki

Yakuza (voice)

Rintaro Nishi

Atsu (voice)

Kenichi Chujou

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