Ritual (式日) 23 years old

Ritual

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

Credits

Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara as Woman (voice)
Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo as Man (voice)
Ayako Fujitani
Ayako Fujitani as She
Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai as Director
Jun Murakami
Jun Murakami as Bicycle man
Shinobu Otake
Shinobu Otake as Her Mother

Ritual Cast

Name Character
Megumi Hayashibara She was 33, now 57 years old as Woman (voice)
Suzuki Matsuo He was 37, now 61 years old as Man (voice)
Ayako Fujitani She was 21, now 44 years old as She
Shunji Iwai He was 37, now 61 years old as Director
Jun Murakami He was 27, now 50 years old as Bicycle man
Shinobu Otake She was 43, now 66 years old as Her Mother

Ritual Crew

Name Department
Yasuyoshi Tokuma as Executive Producer. He was 79 (78) years old when He died Production
Nozomu Takahashi as Producer. He was 40 (now 63) years old Production
Tatsuya Osada as Lighting Director. He was 48 (now 72) years old Lighting
Hideaki Anno as Director. He was 40 (now 63) years old Directing
Hideaki Anno as Screenplay. He was 40 (now 63) years old Writing
Ayako Fujitani as Story. She was 21 (now 44) years old Writing
Soichi Ueno as Editor. He was 31 (now 55) years old Editing
Takashi Kako as Music. He was 53 (now 77) years old Sound
Ritual poster
Ritual (23 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, December 07, 2000
  • Runtime: 128 minutes