''Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' () taglined ''Ketsune korokke no Ogin: Paresuchina shitō hen'' (), is a live-action short movie directed by Japanese filmmaker

Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ...

Title

The original title translates in English as ''Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette O-Gin ~Struggle to Death in Palestine~''.

Short

This live action film is a spinoff episode of the anime feature film '' Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters'' released in April 2006. It focuses on a female Fast Food Grifter known as Foxy Croquette. The premium edition was available as a DVD (24 minutes) bundled with the first issue of ''

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'' ("月刊 Comic リュウ"). The disc was inserted in a paperboard package. The magazine's first issue coincides with the release of the video edition of ''

Tachiguishi-Retsuden is a 2006 live-action/animated hybrid film directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the Kerberos saga. Live-action film and manga adaptations were produce ...

'' in Japan. On December 22, 2006 the short film was re-released in a regular DVD case and made available in stores. This retail edition features 39 minutes of extra material (Making Of featurette and a Mamoru Oshii interview) and a different disc serigraphy using the new cover artwork. The first print contains a pair of collector wooden

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, as a reference to the one used by the female Fast Food Grifter in the movie. Customers ordering from the distributor's official online shop can get an extra pair of chopsticks. This limited edition uses the original movie's own colors blue/yellow, while the regular package is designed after the short, ''i.e.'' black/red.

Kerberos saga

Overview

This short film is a spinoff of the ''

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

. The tachiguishi characters first appeared in a 1984 episode of the anime television series ''

Urusei Yatsura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' titled ''Hisatsu! Tachigui Wars!!'' (#122). Mako Hyodo first played as Foxy Croquette O-Gin / Young Lady (shōjo) in the 1987 live-action film ''The Red Spectacles''.

Tachiguishi

As '' tachigui'' professionals, the legendary Fast Food Grifters have the privilege to eat in stand-and-eat street restaurants without paying.

Prequel (2004)

''Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' is a novel written by Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, the Japanese director adapted his novel on screen in a self-titled anime

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Story

Plot

This short spinoff relates the adventures of Foxy Croquette O-Gin after she mysteriously disappeared from

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, as seen in ''

''. She actually left Japan after the incident that occurred during 1960 Anpo Protests against the US-Japan Security Treaty (

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), to move to the

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and fight there as a guerrilla.

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guerrilla turned Foxy Croquette O-Gin, aka AK Ginko, could be the mysterious Young Lady of Fate (少女, ''shōjo'') featured in ''

The Red Spectacles is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo. This is the first film of the ''Kerberos saga''. Plot It is the end of the 20th century. The Metropolitan Police have b ...

'' as both characters are performed by Japanese model and actor, Mako Hyodo which is dressed like ''

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'' in both films.

Characters

Foxy Croquette O-Gin This is a character guide to the radio drama, film, manga and anime works '' Kerberos saga'' (ケルベロス・サーガ, ''keruberosu saga''). Characters are sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works. The English adapta ...

* Gichio Otsuka * Futoshi Murayama

Production

Cast

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- Foxy Croquette O-Gin / AK Ginko (ケツネコロッケのお銀 / AKの銀子) - Mako Hyodo is arguably Oshii's favourite collaborator actress. She plays in half his live-action films including '' Talking Head'' and she did dubbing in some of his

as well ('' MiniPato''). * Gichi Otsuka - Gichio Otsuka (大塚ギチ男) *Ali Daei - Futoshi Murayama (村山太)

Staff

*Original work, script, direction:

*Production, photography, edit:

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*Music:

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films and video games. Among his credits are Toei's Kame ...

*Sound production:

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*Gun effect supervisor: Kikuo Osatomi

References

;Notes ;Sources
GA Graphic official website
(''Japanese'')

(''Japanese'') * Elley, Derek

''Variety.com''. August 25, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2010.

External links

Kerberos saga official website
(''Japanese'')

(''Japanese'') {{Mamoru Oshii 2000s Japanese-language films 2006 films Japanese short films Japanese independent films Kerberos saga 2006 short films Films directed by Mamoru Oshii Films scored by Kenji Kawai