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Ritual
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Ritual 2000 Directed by Hideaki Anno 式日

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Companies Tokuma Shoten , Studio Kajino Company
Release Date 7 December 2000
128 mins
Cast
Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai Director
Ayako Fujitani
Ayako Fujitani She
Jun Murakami
Jun Murakami Bicycle Man
Shinobu Otake
Shinobu Otake Mother
Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo Man (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara Woman (voice)
Crew
Director
Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Anno
Writer
Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Anno
Producers
Nozomu Takahashi
Nozomu Takahashi
Miyuki Nanri
Miyuki Nanri
Executive Producers
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Toshio Suzuki
Toshio Suzuki
Cinematography
Yuichi Nagata
Yuichi Nagata
Editor
Soichi Ueno
Soichi Ueno
Production Design
Yuji Hayashida
Yuji Hayashida
Original Writer
Ayako Fujitani
Ayako Fujitani
Music
Takashi Kako
Takashi Kako
Cocco
Cocco
Lighting
Tatsuya Osada
Tatsuya Osada
Assistant Director
Akira Ohsaki
Akira Ohsaki