What You Need to Know:
- At a special Funimation C2E2 announcement panel, Japanese guests Fuminori Kizaki (director of “Afro Samurai”), Toshiaki Obata (marketing producer of “PSYCHO-PASS”) and Shuzo John Shiota (President of Polygon Pictures) revealed plans for their new sci-fi feature film “Human Lost.” Osamu Dazai’s “No Longer Human,” a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is re-imagined in this new film that will take audiences on a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness and emotion.
- “Human Lost” will be distributed in the U.S. by Funimation Films in select theatres this fall.
Source: Official Press Release
Synopsis
From the chief director of “PSYCHO-PASS,” director of “Afro Samurai,” and the studio that brought you “Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.”
The year is 2036. A revolution in medical treatment has conquered death by means of internal nanomachines and the “Shell System”, yet only the richest can afford to partake.
Yozo Oba isn’t the richest. Troubled by strange dreams, he flippantly joins his friend’s biker gang on an ill-fated incursion to “The Inside”, where society’s elite lives. This instigates a journey of terrifying discovery that will change Yozo’s life forever.
Osamu the legend!!
One of the greatest to pick up a pen in Japanese literature!