Ningen Shikkaku: Director`s Cut Ban

A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years. Told in three chapters, each chapter deals with a different point in his life and the final chapter leaves him standing alone - an empty and hollow caricature of his former self.

A theatrical film version of Madhouse's four episode 'chapter' which is part of the Aoi Bungaku anime series. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's ↗No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) novel, which have character designs inspired by manga artist and novel illustrator Takeshi Obata. This "director's cut" will include new "navigation" footage which is being created specifically for the film with narrator Masato Sakai.

Animation by Madhouse.
Movie to be released in Japan on December 12th, 2009.