Urusei Yatsura 2: Byûtifuru dorîmâ (1984)

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writers:

Mamoru Oshii (screenplay)
Rumiko Takahashi (comic)

Release Date:

11 February 1984 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Lum is a cheerful alien who now lives with her human fiancée, Ataru and her goods friends on earth. The night before the school festival...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Dream | Sequel | Aquarium | Folk Tale

Cast

Fumi Hirano	...	Lum (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Mendou (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama	...	Ten (voice)
Saeko Shimazu	...	Shinobu (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Ryuunosuke (voice)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Megane (voice)
Akira Murayama	...	Perm (voice)
Shinji Nomura	...	Kakugari (voice)
Issei Futamata	...	Chibi (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Ataru's Father (voice)
Natsumi Sakuma	...	Ataru's Mother (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Onsen-Mark (voice)
Masahiro Anzai	...	Ryuunosuke's Father (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Principal (voice)

Also Known As:

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer

Runtime:

98 min | USA:90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Kitty Films

Trivia:

In two different scenes, Onsen-Mark and Ryunosuke's father were seen watching the same soap opera on TV. Each time the same woman is shown being propositioned by a different man. The two men are caricatures of animator Naoyuki Yoshinaga and technical director 'Junji Nishimura'.

Quotes:

Sakura: Twice is a tragedy, but thrice is a comedy, as someone once said.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.5)" (2005)

Simply The Best

It's hard to describe the effect that first seeing this movie had on me the first time I saw it five years ago, but it's something that's stuck with me at the very least.

This was the first bit of UY I ever saw, and I quickly became addicted to the series because of it. The animation is wonderful, the characters are all nifty, and the mysteries that abound in the story are all intriguing. I sometimes find myself just randomly whistling the music from this movie as it's so... so simply wonderful. The film is just beautiful in every chord, like a concerto or a painting. It's art.

This is one of my favorite movies ever. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Rating: 10/10 - Perfect.