It's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best friend) and Kotori, Fuma's little sister (and Kamui's possible girlfriend). He wants to protect them from all dangers, but destiny and fate are haunting Kamui and pulling in himself and his beloved childhood friends. It is his destiny and his sole decision to decide the fate of the world, no matter if he wants the role or not. Now it is a matter of if he will join the side of the Seven Seals and become the Dragon of Heaven to save mankind or join the Seven Angels and become the Dragon of Earth to destroy all civilization so the earth can heal itself from man's destruction.
Cinematography
Tokyo as gothic cathedral — every frame is wallpaper
Direction
Rintaro compresses 18 volumes into 97 delirious minutes
Score
X Japan's haunting metal ballads perfect the melodrama
Director
Rintaro
Junko Iwao
Kotori Monou
Ken Narita
Fuuma Monou
Tomokazu Seki
Kamui Shirou
Atsuko Takahata
Kanoe
Emi Shinohara
Arashi Kishyuu
Hideyuki Tanaka
Seiichirou Aoki
Issei Miyazaki
Subaru Sumeragi
Jouji Nakata
Kusanagi Shiyuu
Kazuhiko Inoue
Yuuto Kigai
Kotono Mitsuishi
Satsuki Yatoji
Mami Koyama
Karen Kasumi
Rica Matsumoto
Nataku
Toru Furusawa
Seishirou Sakurazuka
Toshihiko Seki
Shougo
Yukana
Yuzuriha Nekoi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clamp refused to let anyone else adapt X for years; this was their only authorized film, made before the manga even finished.
The 1999 apocalypse date was uncomfortably real when this dropped in 1996 — Japanese audiences felt genuine millennial dread.
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