The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View

""People do not cease to exist immediately after dying, as long as there are people who remember them.""

2007 0h 50m JA

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6.7

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6.9

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★6.7TMDB · 160★6.9IMDB · 3,024

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Synopsis

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The story starts following an incident: a young girl jumps from the top of a building. The image provokes a certain dread, as the girl appears to have been a corpse even before she jumped. The case is dismissed, yet more and more of these suicides occur, and all from the same building. Thus began the rumour, that a ghost inhabited the rooftop of the building.

“"People do not cease to exist immediately after dying, as long as there are people who remember them."”

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Cast

Maaya Sakamoto
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Mikiya Kokutou (voice)
Rie Tanaka
Kirie Fujou (voice)
Takako Honda
Touko Aozaki (voice)
Ayumi Fujimura
Azaka Kokutou (voice)
Shuzo Nakamura
Announcer (voice)
Eri Nakao
Reporter (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ei Aoki
Writers: Masaki Hiramatsu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Garden of Sinners Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ei Aoki, shot by Seiji Matsuda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Manabu Kamino shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maaya Sakamoto and Kenichi Suzumura and Rie Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: ""People do not cease to exist immediately after dying, as long as there are people who remember them."".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ei Aoki directs. Seiji Matsuda behind the camera. Yuki Kajiura scores. Manabu Kamino cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Part of the "The Garden of Sinners Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Ei Aoki, shot by Seiji Matsuda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Manabu Kamino shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Maaya Sakamoto and Kenichi Suzumura and Rie Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: ""People do not cease to exist immediately after dying, as long as there are people who remember them."".
9IMDB entry: tt1155650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Seiji Matsuda
Original score: Yuki Kajiura
Editing: Manabu Kamino
Runtime: 50 min · 0h 50m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007)
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 3,024 votes

Part of

The Garden of Sinners Collection

Set in Japan predominantly during the late 1990s, The Garden of Sinners follows the story of Shiki Ryougi, a teenage girl raised as a demon hunter who acquired the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception" after surviving a fatal accident. It also chronicles Mikiya Kokutou's unwavering efforts to get closer to her when they were still high school students and their adventures later on in dealing with supernatural cases as investigators for Touko Aozaki's detective agency, Garan no Dou. This is set in an alternate universe to Tsukihime and Fate/stay night in which it serves as the prototype for both series as well as introducing many of the concepts prevalent within the latter two.