tachigui represent the amazing life of the fast food grifter japanese title represent tachiguishi retsudendirector represent mamoru oshii feature represent toshio suzuki and mako hyodo and kenji kawai and shinji higuchi and katsuya terada narrate by koichi yamadera way back in 1995 and mamoru oshii unleash his dazzling animation feature ghost in the shell and which help consolidate anime international acceptance and also burrow itself into andy and larry wachowski overall concept for the matrix . the movie sequel and innocence ( 2004 ) and be the inaugural japanese animate film to compete for the palme dor at cannes and and it leave head spin as much for it style and innovative effect a for it oft unfathomable plot . always the trendsetter and oshii have now present u with tachigui represent the amazing life of the fast food grifter which have absolutely nothing to do with ghost in the shell and nor japanese anime for that matter . say hello to oshii creation superlivemation represent not quite animation and nor exactly live action . instead the cast endure somewhere in the vicinity of 30 and 000 snapshot and which be digitally process and reconstitute in a deceptively simple paper cut out fashion reminiscent of balinese puppetry . the movement itself be a stilted and stop motion style that echo sequence from shinya tsukamoto experimental tetsuo represent iron man ( 1988 ) . i couldn not think of any method but this one and say oshii in a recent interview with the daily yomiuri . i realize that this project be not suitable for traditional animation . the cast choice be equally enigmatic . kenji kawai who also compose the superlative soundtrack appear a a ravenous burger fanatic and while renowned studio ghibli producer toshio suzuki spend his screen time be murder in bizarre fashion . others include katsuya terada and who dabble with oshii on blood represent the last vampire and and shinji higuchi a special effect whiz who work on godzilla movie . koichi yamadera narration sound like the stuff of a dry nhk documentary which belie the comic undertone here as well a yamadera extensive career voice stoic anime character like spike siegel in cowboy bebop . and the plot itself be a bizarre re imagining of post wwii japan in the context of various fast food off shoot from soba ramen shop to gyudon stand up bar while american dog in the heat up tray of convenience store to mcdonalds inspire burger chain restaurant . food be a primal root of desire and assert oshii and by way of explanation . throw into the mix be a new breed of consumer represent the fast food grifter of the title and people who do not like to pay for their tucker and be constantly fine tune their elaborate scam to score free munchies . oshii say his ulterior motive be homage to the art of eat food on the street something still consider a bit of a taboo in this country and and which go some way toward explain the use of tachigui in the title . the director of live action movie ( avalon and stray dog ) as well a animation and oshii have often blur the definition between the two medium . the celluloid result here be deposit somewhere in the grey area between both format . at time the visual experiment here be as exhilarating a it can be irritate . just do not ask what it all really suppose to mean while oshii film and which be equal part cerebral and innovative and be often not particularly clear story wise . where oshii succeed be via a liberal dose of black humor here you will find kentucky fry rat and death by hula hoop and the world fast samurai burger chef and in the movie very nature of surrealism . this be a man who defer to the influence of filmmaker like godard and truffaut and and perhaps owe as much to andrei tarkovsky a he do david lynch . so it shouldn not come a any surprise that at one stage a b 52 bomber do a fly through in a yoshinoya look alike franchise . the 54 year old writer director seem to think this natural . the japan i depict in the movie may not necessarily be faithful to reality and he suggest . of course . by andrez bergen .