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Four | The Black-Cloaked Four conduct an experiment in a laboratory, resulting in the brief appearance of a wispy, monstrous head. They deem the test a failure, in need of more negative energy to succeed. A researcher berates them for carrying out the test without notifying him, and notes that they've set loose a F.R.I.E.N.D., a pink creature who watches the laboratory from afar. | ||
A year after | A year after an unspecified natural disaster, two evacuees prepare to begin a new life in a rural town. Before long, young Masashi Kusakabe notices strange things in he and his mother's apartment: glimpses of a small figure's shadow and chee-kama (cheese-and-fish-cake stick) wrappers strewn about the floor. | ||
The next day, Masashi returns home from a visit to his new elementary school to find it ransacked. Suddenly, a box of chee-kama launches itself towards him. He pins it to the ground and discovers the pink creature inside, who he names Kurage-bo (Jellyfish Boy). They quickly become friends, playing soccer and practicing martial arts at a shrine. That night, Masashi dreams about eating chee-kama and talking to his dead father, who made the snack as part of his job. They are interrupted by a tsunami shimmering with unnatural colors, a single eye at its center. | The next day, Masashi returns home from a visit to his new elementary school to find it ransacked. Suddenly, a box of chee-kama launches itself towards him. He pins it to the ground and discovers the pink creature inside, who he names Kurage-bo (Jellyfish Boy). They quickly become friends, playing soccer and practicing martial arts at a shrine. That night, Masashi dreams about eating chee-kama and talking to his dead father, who made the snack as part of his job. They are interrupted by a tsunami shimmering with unnatural colors, a single eye at its center. | ||
On the first day of school, Masashi brings Kurage-bo in his backpack, sneaking him chee-kama when he gets hungry. To his surprise, everyone in his class has a similar companion, who they call F.R.I.E.N.D.s. (Life-'''F'''orm '''R'''esonance '''I'''nner '''E'''nergy '''N'''egative Emotion and '''D'''isaster Preventions) | On the first day of school, Masashi brings Kurage-bo in his backpack, sneaking him chee-kama when he gets hungry. To his surprise, everyone in his class has a similar companion, who they call F.R.I.E.N.D.s. (Life-'''F'''orm '''R'''esonance '''I'''nner '''E'''nergy '''N'''egative Emotion and '''D'''isaster Preventions) Smartphone-like devices allow them to summon and control these creatures, who emerge en masse as soon as their teacher turns around to write equations on the board. A frog-like F.R.I.E.N.D., Yupi, menaces Masashi at the whim of its owner, Tatsuya, but Kurage-bo defeats it in a fierce battle. | ||
After school, Masashi overhears the researcher, his uncle Naoto, warning his mother than the town is dangerous. He tells Masashi a different story - that the laboratory is trying to bring happiness to the world - but asks the boy to let him know if he sees anything unusual. He spots Kurage-bo hiding in Masashi's backpack but says nothing. At work, he watches an old video of the Black-Cloaked Four claiming they've tapped into a source of life energy that will allow them to prevent natural disasters. Since this energy is strongest in children expressing negative emotions, they attempted to collect it with a magic circle, only to for the energy to form into F.R.I.E.N.D.s who bonded with the children. | |||
While playing with Kurage-bo, Masashi comes upon a group of his classmates holding F.R.I.E.N.D. battles near the shrine. When they discover him, they menace him with their creatures until Kurage-bo intervenes, riding atop Luxor, a furry, human-sized F.R.I.E.N.D. Yupi battles Kurage-bo again, but even with the help of another F.R.I.E.N.D., the rocket-powered Shimon, Masashi's monster still prevails. Luxor's human turns out to be a girl from Masashi's class, Saki. She explains to Masashi that he's the only kid in town with a F.R.I.E.N.D. but no device. She received hers after a meeting of the cult her mother joined, the Earth Salvation Society, from the Black-Cloaked Four. While Luxor is clearly the strongest F.R.I.E.N.D., she despises the fighting her classmates use the creatures for. | |||
Saki's mother tries to drag her into an Earth Salvation Society protest against the laboratory, but Masashi pulls her away and they hide inside the mysterious structure. They discover the magic circle, which activates when Masashi steps onto it. Naoto directs him and Saki to the exit and shuts it down, but the Black-Cloaked Four have taken an interest in him. | |||
One of Masashi's classmates overhears him talking to Saki about his uncle working at the laboratory and tells the rest of the class. After swimming lessons, one group abducts Kurage-bo and stuffs him inside a locker at a junkyard, while Tatsuya attacks Masashi with Yupi. When Saki tries to intervene, the frog accidentally knocks her unconscious. The boys are berated by their parents after a teacher discovers what they've done, Tatsuya's father even knocking him to the ground. Visiting Masashi in the hospital, a man who appears to be Naoto gives him a device. As the Earth Salvation Society continues to protest in front of the laboratory, the man jumps off the roof. When Masashi's mother tells him the news, his devices activates, funneling incredible power to the magic circle. | |||
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==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
{{Staffs | {{Staffs | ||
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|Written by=Jun Tsugita, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Murakami (story) | |Written by=Jun Tsugita, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Murakami (story) | ||
|Produced by=Mana Fukui, Chiaki Kasahara, Yoshihiro Nishimura | |Produced by=Mana Fukui, Chiaki Kasahara, Yoshihiro Nishimura | ||
|Executive | |Executive producer|Takashi Murakami | ||
|Music by=kz, Yoshihiro Ike | |Music by=kz, Yoshihiro Ike | ||
|Cinematography by=Yasutaka Nagano | |Cinematography by=Yasutaka Nagano | ||
|Edited by=Yoshihiro Nishimura | |Edited by=Yoshihiro Nishimura | ||
|Production | |Production design by=Nori Fukuda | ||
|Assistant | |Assistant directing by=Jun Shiozaki | ||
|Special | |Special effects by=[[Kiyotaka Taguchi]], Tsuyoshi Kazuno | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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|Masaya Fukumoto|Manato Hayashi | |Masaya Fukumoto|Manato Hayashi | ||
|Wataru Murakami|Toshida | |Wataru Murakami|Toshida | ||
|Eihi Shiina| | |Eihi Shiina|Homeroom teacher | ||
|Shoichiro Masumoto|Mr. Sasaki | |Shoichiro Masumoto|Mr. Sasaki | ||
|Kentaro Shimazu|Vice-principal | |Kentaro Shimazu|Vice-principal | ||
|Kentaro Kishi|Ichiro Kodaira | |Kentaro Kishi|Ichiro Kodaira | ||
|Umi Yamano | |Umi Yamano, Shin Ikeda, Makishi Suzu|Cultists | ||
|Naoki Haga|Akira Shibata | |Naoki Haga|Akira Shibata | ||
|Tensei Matsuoka|Ryo Kokubo | |Tensei Matsuoka|Ryo Kokubo | ||
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|Ami Fujii|Hisako Sawano | |Ami Fujii|Hisako Sawano | ||
|Miyu Takagi|Kumiko Okada | |Miyu Takagi|Kumiko Okada | ||
|Mofuku-chan with Denpa Gumi.inc|Idol | |Mofuku-chan with Denpa Gumi.inc|Idol singers | ||
|Akiko Yajima|Kurage-bo (voice) | |Akiko Yajima|Kurage-bo (voice) | ||
|Houko Kuwashima|KO2 (voice) | |Houko Kuwashima|KO2 (voice) | ||
|Flamingo|Performance | |Flamingo|Performance group | ||
|Shofukutei Riko|Rakugo | |Shofukutei Riko|Rakugo performer | ||
|Arata Yamanaka|Manato's | |Arata Yamanaka|Manato's father | ||
|Ikuko Tsuruoka|Akira's | |Ikuko Tsuruoka|Akira's mother | ||
|Nami Miura|Ryo's | |Nami Miura|Ryo's mother | ||
|Mieko Ishikura|Yusuke's | |Mieko Ishikura|Yusuke's mother | ||
|Masaki Hayashi|Naoto's | |Masaki Hayashi|Naoto's body double | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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*KO2 | *KO2 | ||
*Oval | *Oval | ||
*Naoto's | *Naoto's body double | ||
*Megarocco | *Megarocco | ||
*Pyonyon-Pyonyon | *Pyonyon-Pyonyon | ||
*26:58 | |||
*Dozens of other unnamed F.R.I.E.N.D.S. | *Dozens of other unnamed F.R.I.E.N.D.S. | ||
===Weapons, Vehicles, and Races=== | ===Weapons, Vehicles, and Races=== |
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Plot
The Black-Cloaked Four conduct an experiment in a laboratory, resulting in the brief appearance of a wispy, monstrous head. They deem the test a failure, in need of more negative energy to succeed. A researcher berates them for carrying out the test without notifying him, and notes that they've set loose a F.R.I.E.N.D., a pink creature who watches the laboratory from afar.
A year after an unspecified natural disaster, two evacuees prepare to begin a new life in a rural town. Before long, young Masashi Kusakabe notices strange things in he and his mother's apartment: glimpses of a small figure's shadow and chee-kama (cheese-and-fish-cake stick) wrappers strewn about the floor.
The next day, Masashi returns home from a visit to his new elementary school to find it ransacked. Suddenly, a box of chee-kama launches itself towards him. He pins it to the ground and discovers the pink creature inside, who he names Kurage-bo (Jellyfish Boy). They quickly become friends, playing soccer and practicing martial arts at a shrine. That night, Masashi dreams about eating chee-kama and talking to his dead father, who made the snack as part of his job. They are interrupted by a tsunami shimmering with unnatural colors, a single eye at its center.
On the first day of school, Masashi brings Kurage-bo in his backpack, sneaking him chee-kama when he gets hungry. To his surprise, everyone in his class has a similar companion, who they call F.R.I.E.N.D.s. (Life-Form Resonance Inner Energy Negative Emotion and Disaster Preventions) Smartphone-like devices allow them to summon and control these creatures, who emerge en masse as soon as their teacher turns around to write equations on the board. A frog-like F.R.I.E.N.D., Yupi, menaces Masashi at the whim of its owner, Tatsuya, but Kurage-bo defeats it in a fierce battle.
After school, Masashi overhears the researcher, his uncle Naoto, warning his mother than the town is dangerous. He tells Masashi a different story - that the laboratory is trying to bring happiness to the world - but asks the boy to let him know if he sees anything unusual. He spots Kurage-bo hiding in Masashi's backpack but says nothing. At work, he watches an old video of the Black-Cloaked Four claiming they've tapped into a source of life energy that will allow them to prevent natural disasters. Since this energy is strongest in children expressing negative emotions, they attempted to collect it with a magic circle, only to for the energy to form into F.R.I.E.N.D.s who bonded with the children.
While playing with Kurage-bo, Masashi comes upon a group of his classmates holding F.R.I.E.N.D. battles near the shrine. When they discover him, they menace him with their creatures until Kurage-bo intervenes, riding atop Luxor, a furry, human-sized F.R.I.E.N.D. Yupi battles Kurage-bo again, but even with the help of another F.R.I.E.N.D., the rocket-powered Shimon, Masashi's monster still prevails. Luxor's human turns out to be a girl from Masashi's class, Saki. She explains to Masashi that he's the only kid in town with a F.R.I.E.N.D. but no device. She received hers after a meeting of the cult her mother joined, the Earth Salvation Society, from the Black-Cloaked Four. While Luxor is clearly the strongest F.R.I.E.N.D., she despises the fighting her classmates use the creatures for.
Saki's mother tries to drag her into an Earth Salvation Society protest against the laboratory, but Masashi pulls her away and they hide inside the mysterious structure. They discover the magic circle, which activates when Masashi steps onto it. Naoto directs him and Saki to the exit and shuts it down, but the Black-Cloaked Four have taken an interest in him.
One of Masashi's classmates overhears him talking to Saki about his uncle working at the laboratory and tells the rest of the class. After swimming lessons, one group abducts Kurage-bo and stuffs him inside a locker at a junkyard, while Tatsuya attacks Masashi with Yupi. When Saki tries to intervene, the frog accidentally knocks her unconscious. The boys are berated by their parents after a teacher discovers what they've done, Tatsuya's father even knocking him to the ground. Visiting Masashi in the hospital, a man who appears to be Naoto gives him a device. As the Earth Salvation Society continues to protest in front of the laboratory, the man jumps off the roof. When Masashi's mother tells him the news, his devices activates, funneling incredible power to the magic circle.
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Takashi Murakami
- Written by Jun Tsugita, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Murakami (story)
- Produced by Mana Fukui, Chiaki Kasahara, Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Music by kz, Yoshihiro Ike
- Cinematography by Yasutaka Nagano
- Edited by Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Production design by Nori Fukuda
- Assistant directing by Jun Shiozaki
- Special effects by Kiyotaka Taguchi, Tsuyoshi Kazuno
- Executive producer Takashi Murakami
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Takuto Sueoka as Masashi Kusakabe
- Himeka Asami as Saki Amamiya
- Asuka Kurosawa as Shizuko Amamiya
- Kanji Tsuda as Tatsuo Kusakabe
- Mayu Tsuruta as Yasuko Kusakabe
- Takumi Saito as Naoto Kozuka
- Masataka Kubota as Blue Dragon
- Shota Sometani as White Tiger
- Hidemasa Shiozawa as Black Tortoise
- Ami Ikenaga as Vermilion Bird
- Takehiro Otsuki as Tatsuya Kodaira
- Taiki Negishi as Juran Sagara
- Arata Ishikawa as Koh Nakagawa
- Masaya Fukumoto as Manato Hayashi
- Wataru Murakami as Toshida
- Eihi Shiina as Homeroom teacher
- Shoichiro Masumoto as Mr. Sasaki
- Kentaro Shimazu as Vice-principal
- Kentaro Kishi as Ichiro Kodaira
- Umi Yamano, Shin Ikeda, Makishi Suzu as Cultists
- Naoki Haga as Akira Shibata
- Tensei Matsuoka as Ryo Kokubo
- Kakeru Yoshida as Yusuke Kuwano
- Ruka Uchida as Hayato Yokosaka
- Keiya Inada as Shingo Noguchi
- Kazuki Hashimoto as Kazuya Hara
- Ami Fujii as Hisako Sawano
- Miyu Takagi as Kumiko Okada
- Mofuku-chan with Denpa Gumi.inc as Idol singers
- Akiko Yajima as Kurage-bo (voice)
- Houko Kuwashima as KO2 (voice)
- Flamingo as Performance group
- Shofukutei Riko as Rakugo performer
- Arata Yamanaka as Manato's father
- Ikuko Tsuruoka as Akira's mother
- Nami Miura as Ryo's mother
- Mieko Ishikura as Yusuke's mother
- Masaki Hayashi as Naoto's body double
Appearances
Monsters
- Kurage-bo
- Yupi
- Shimon
- Luxor
- KO2
- Oval
- Naoto's body double
- Megarocco
- Pyonyon-Pyonyon
- 26:58
- Dozens of other unnamed F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Weapons, Vehicles, and Races
- Black-Cloaked Four
- Devices
Production
Marketing
Gallery
Soundtrack
Theatrical Releases
- United States - April 8, 2013
- Japan - April 23, 2013
- Spain - October 12, 2013 (Sitges Film Festival)
- Canada - July 20, 2014 (Fantasia International Film Festival)
- Mexico - November 14, 2014 (Morbido Film Fest)
- Argentina - April 18, 2015 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
- Poland - November 19, 2016 (Five Flavours Film Festival)
U.S. Release
Box Office
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=jellyfisheyes.htm
Reception
Awards
Video Releases
Toho Blu-ray (2014)
Criterion DVD/Blu-ray (2015)
- Region: 1 (DVD) or A/1 (Blu-ray)
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (5.1)
- Subtitles: English
- Special Features: Leaflet, Jellyfish Eyes 2 trailer, interview with director Takashi Murakami (23 minutes), Making F.R.I.E.N.D.S. behind-the-scenes featurette (16 minutes), Takashi Murakami: The Art of Film behind-the-scenes featurette (40 minutes)
Sequels
The trailer, available on the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray, indicates that a significant amount of post-production work had been completed by 2015.
Videos
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Trivia
- The title Jellyfish Eyes comes from a misprint in a famous manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge, "Screw Style." It furthers a favorite theme of Murakami's: that "misinterpretation, misunderstanding, produces something new and interesting. As the title for my first film—because I didn’t have any idea what I was making, where it was going—I wanted the title to be something that can be anything."[1] He first used Jellyfish Eyes as the title of a piece in 2002.[2]
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References
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