The twilight of the cockroaches (1989)

	Also Known As: Gokiburi-tachi no tasogare
	Year of first release: 1989
	Director: Hiroaki Yoshida
	Actors: -
	Country: J
	Genre: Animation, War, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 28.05.2016, Naxoshalle, Japanese version with English subtitles, NCF2016
Synopsis: A society of cockroaches who live peacefully in the apartment of a bachelor named Seito until a woman moves in and the humans begin to exterminate the cockroaches. Then the different groups of cockroaches try to find out a military strategy to fight against humans. But humans have weapons of mass destruction. The cockroaches are depicted through animation, and the humans are depicted through live-action footage.
Review: I wanted to watch this movie because of the visual concept like in Roger Rabbit to mix real characters with animated characters. And also because of the plot: a story of cockroaches. I have not been disappointed. Even if the live-action footage lacks of image quality, it is well done to shoot the environment of cockroaches. We always look with their eyes and the change of perspective is very original and very interesting to experience.  The story itself has not many surprises. It might be symbolic about people confronted to weapons of massive destruction. Most of the creativity and surprises for me came from the way the live-action footage is mixed. The way the cockroaches are using all what they can find in the house. This gives many funny scenes.
Rating: 6 /10