Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs - a basset hound named Gabriel (ガブリエル) and a mutt named Daniel (both are featured in "Tachiguishi-Retsuden"). Wikipedia
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Welcome to Nine Sisters - a site dedicated to Mamoru Oshii's magnificent movie Avalon intended particularly for fans of the movie in the UK. www.ninesisters.org
Oshii's plots are often byzantine, but his focus remains on the quiet, internal quest of the tacitly introspective protagonists for a sense of meaning that seems just out of reach. www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/oshii.html
"Oshii" is a Japanese word meaning "good" or "tasty" (usually in reference to food), but, in Mamoru Oshii's case, "Oshii" should mean excellent. www.anime.com/Mamoru_Oshii/
Oshii responded, Not quite. If people were really capable of realizing those dangers, I wouldnt have to make my films, going on to say that people are still not waking up to reality (Horn 139). www.animeresearch.com/Articles/Oshii/hackingghost.html
