The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral

""This spiral called Life, accumulated over several miracles and opportunities.""

2008 1h 54m JA

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Synopsis

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Tomoe Enjou is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Shiki Ryougi. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days later, there are still no broadcasts about the murder as if it didn't happen... and when the victims are found, they're alive and unharmed.

“"This spiral called Life, accumulated over several miracles and opportunities."”

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Cast

Maaya Sakamoto
Shiki Ryougi (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Mikiya Kokutou (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Souren Araya (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara
Tomoe Enjou (voice)
Koji Yusa
Cornelius Alba (voice)
Takako Honda
Touko Aozaki (voice)
Ayumi Fujimura
Azaka Kokutou (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Daisuke Akimi (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takayuki Hirao
Writers: Masaki Hiramatsu, Takayuki Hirao, Tetsuya Takeuchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Released 18 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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ERA

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Directed by Takayuki Hirao, shot by Yuichi Terao. 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 Jouji Nakata carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: ""This spiral called Life, accumulated over several miracles and opportunities."".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1278060 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takayuki Hirao directs. Yuichi Terao behind the camera. Yuki Kajiura scores. Manabu Kamino cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "The Garden of Sinners Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Takayuki Hirao, shot by Yuichi Terao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Manabu Kamino shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Maaya Sakamoto and Kenichi Suzumura and Jouji Nakata carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: ""This spiral called Life, accumulated over several miracles and opportunities."".
8IMDB entry: tt1278060 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 26 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yuichi Terao
Original score: Yuki Kajiura
Editing: Manabu Kamino
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): 18
IMDB: The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)

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.