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Open Your Mind(Movie, 2005)

Original title: "めざめの方舟" (Japanese/JA)
35min | Genres: Animation, Mystery
Open Your MindRating: 2.5/5 (with 11 vote)
Mezame no hakobune (めざめの方舟, lit. "Ark of Awakening"), aka Open Your Mind (international title), is a 2005 three-act musical drama presented on a multidisplay IMAX-like theme theater mixing CG-animated video with live-action footage directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. An OVA compilation version, renamed Open Your Mind: Special Edition, was available in limited quantities only at the Aichi Expo souvenir shop until it was re-released at the end of the expo as a Complete Edition which included a "Making of" bonus DVD and a color booklet. ()
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About Open Your Mind

The plot of Open Your Mind follows the extraterrestrial origin of life, coming from outerspace as six deities (Intermission act), evolving into water (Sho-ho) then emerging to the air (Hyakkin) and to the ground (Ku-nu). Each one of these creatures rules one of the six elements of the godai philosophy, i.e. Earth, Water, Fire, Wind (referred to as kaze in the Hyakkin chant), Sky and Consciousness (referred to as "Awakening" in the movie's title).

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/23/2005
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenwriter: Kenji Kawai
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mezame no hakobune"
"Ark of Awakening"
"Waking Ark"

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