Shiki-Jitsu

Shiki-Jitsu (式日, Shikijitsu, lit. "ritual day" or "ceremonial day"), also known as Ritual, is a 2000 Japanese art film written and directed by Hideaki Anno. The film is Anno's second live-action feature. The screenplay is an adaption of Ayako Fujitani's novella Tōhimu, which was inspired by an emotionally difficult time in Los Angeles working on her father Steven Seagal's 1998 film The Patriot.

Shiki-Jitsu
Directed byHideaki Anno
Written byHideaki Anno
Based onTōhimu
by Ayako Fujitani
Produced by
  • Miyuki Nanri
  • Nozomu Takahashi
Starring
CinematographyYuichi Nagata
Edited bySoichi Ueno
Music byTakashi Kako
Production
company
Distributed byTokuma Shoten
Release date
7 December 2000
Running time
128 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film tells the story of a director (Shunji Iwai) who meets an odd young woman (Fujitani). Taking place over a period of 33 days, the plot involves these two characters trying to work their way out of a collective emotional funk. Michael Ordona of the Los Angeles Times reported the film had "dark themes of mental illness and suicidal ideation". Shiki-Jitsu won an award for Best Artistic Contribution at the 13th International Film Festival in Tokyo.

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