Underplayed Gems

Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito (2016)

Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito poster
Original title
planetarian ~星の人~
Directed by
Katsuichi Nakayama, Shunsuke Machitani, Naokatsu Tsuda
Genre
post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

An old man travels through a destroyed world carrying a mobile planetarium projector. He shows people the stars, reminding them of a time before the war.

melancholicgentlehopefulslow-pacedquietsolemnnostalgicreflective

What happens

Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars (Japanese: planetarian~星の人~, Hepburn: Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito; literally "Planetarian: Man of the Stars") is a 2016 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic film directed by Naokatsu Tsuda. The film is based on the Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet visual novel by Key and the "Man of the Stars" short story from the Planetarian light novel written by Yūichi Suzumoto. The film was animated by David Production and distributed by Asmik Ace. It premiered in Japanese theaters on September 3, 2016. The story is set in a dystopian future where nuclear warfare has left a once prosperous civilization in complete ruin. The film tells the story of an old man traveling around with a mobile planetarium projector to show people the stars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.