Twilight of the Cockroaches (Special Edition) [1987] NTSC - Widescreen (Dual Audio) Hiroaki Yoshida

Twilight of the Cockroaches is a 1987 anime film written and directed by Hiroaki Yoshida that combines live-action footage with animation. The plot concerns a society of cockroaches who live peacefully in the apartment of a bachelor named Saito until a woman moves in and the humans begin to exterminate the cockroaches. The cockroaches are depicted through animation, and the humans are depicted through live-action footage. Famed Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano worked on the film as an art director and character designer.

Director Yoshida has stated that the film is “about Japan” and that the “concept of a ‘hated’ species is not unlike the racial and cultural enmity with which Japan is perceived.”
ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN
ENGLISH DUB/ JAPANESE AUDIO/ENGLISH SUBTITLED
EXTRAS : TRAILER