20th Century Nostalgia

20th Century Nostalgia

93 mins | Drama | July 26, 1997

A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.

20th Century Nostalgia

93 mins | Drama | July 26, 1997

20th Century Nostalgia
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Office Shirous
Original title 20世紀ノスタルジア
Directors Masato Hara, Hideaki Satô
Writers Masato Hara, Gorô Nakajima

Cast

Ryoko Hirosue

as Anzu / Pouse

Tsutomu Enjima

as Toru / Chungse

Kimiko Yo

as Anzu's Mother

Asami Tada

as Hiroko Ashikawa

Satoko Nitta

as Kayo Kitamura

Yôko Ohshima

as Nobuko Kataoka

Kichitaro Negishi

as Shinya Toyama

Masahiro Sato

as Vice Principal

Yoshiaki Umegaki

as Policeman

Miho Nishide

as Student