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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
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A Wind Named Amnesia
Animation · Drama · Science Fiction · 1990
A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious journey.
Movie details
A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Animation · Drama · Science Fiction 1h 20m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious journey.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over A Wind Named Amnesia?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Kazuo Yamazaki
Written by
Kazuo Yamazaki · Yoshiaki Kawajiri · Kenji Kurata
Kazuki Yao
Wataru (voice)
Keiko Toda
Sophia (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Johnny (voice)
Yuko Mita
Sue (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Little John (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Lisa (voice)
Osamu Saka
Simpson (voice)
Court is in session
Put A Wind Named Amnesia on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.