Takashi murakamis candycolored art is easy to recognize, whether on the walls of a museum or the side of a louis vuitton handbag. Jellyfish eyes japanese trailer 20 trailer song music movie title originalus. Masashi names the strange, but cute creature kurage bo and they become friends. Jellyfish eyes features a huge cast of cgi creatures, and their animation is often outstanding but sometimes comes across a bit lowrent. A film about adolescent girls who are amorous yet poisonous with a painful. The film was shot and completed digitally and the transfer notes say the final files were used as the source for the. The directorial debut from acclaimed artist takashi murakami, jellyfish eyes brings. The 52yearold artworld polymatha painter, sculptor and animator who. In japanese w english subtitles a young masashi and his mother have left an evacuation center and have moved into an apartment. An elementary school student named masashi finds flat cardboard boxes at a home in which. Jellyfish eyes takashi murakamis first feature film. His debut feature film, it was released in japan on april 26, 20. Jellyfish eyes 20 japanese fantasy dramaaction children are able to communicate and control fantastical creatures, but they are unknowingly being used in an evil plan to collect negative energy. Takashi murakami will have to make nearly 90 more films before he can truly earn that bland and oftenrepeated japanese andy warhol comparison, but as a start, hes made jellyfish eyes.
The highdefinition presentation is delivered in 1080p24hz. Takashi murakami on jellyfish eyes, his new monster movie. Takashi murakamis jellyfish eyes smacks of derivative. Watch jellyfish eyes episode 1 online with english sub. It is the only species in the monotypic genus nemopilema. He secretly takes kuragebo with him to school for he fears that his mother will discover it if he were to leave it at home. Today it is of no secret that the japanese entertainment industry, when looked by the eyes of a foreigner, puts a lot of prominence among its artists. The characters are imaginative and range from amphibian to big piles of hair to humanoid murakami himself designed over 100 creatures for the film in just two months. Murakami is a polymath trained in anime as well as in nihonga, japans rigorous traditional painting style, and has been moving between high. Movie info the directorial debut from acclaimed artist takashi murakami, jellyfish eyes brings its creators endless imagination to the screen in a tale of family, friendship, and loyalty set in a.
Watch full episode of jellyfish eyes japanese drama. No surprise, murakamis first fulllength feature film, jellyfish eyes, manages to toe the line between kid flick and horror show. Having moved to a country town with his mother following the death of his. Lets watching and enjoying jellyfish eyes episode 1 and many other episodes of jellyfish eyes with full hd for free. Is takashi murakamis kids movie jellyfish eyes also an. The directorial debut from acclaimed artist takashi murakami, jellyfish eyes brings its creators endless imagination to the screen in a tale of family, friendship, and loyalty set in a world of.
Jellyfish eyes is engrossing on many levels, one of which is an ambience that recalls japanese kaiju monster movies from the 1950s. The movie isnt dubbed in english and therefore requires younger viewers to read quickly enough to follow the subtitled dialogue. The worldfamous artist takashi murakami made his directorial debut with jellyfish eyes, taking his boundless imagination to the screen in a tale of friendship and loyalty that also addresses humanitys propensity for destruction. Masashi discovers a cute creature which resembles a jellyfish and names it kuragebo. Takashi murakami on bringing art to life in directorial debut jellyfish eyes. Children are able to communicate and control fantastic creatures, but they are unknowingly being used in an evil plan to collect negative energy. After moving to a country town with his mother following his fathers death, a young boy befriends a charming, flying, jellyfishlike spriteonly to discover. Takashi murakami on bringing art to life in directorial. A film about adolescent girls who are amorous yet poisonous with a painful sting just like jellyfish, and their days which are fragile and cruel with warm love and jealousy. Jellyfish eyes marks murakamis first attempt at a narrative film, one originally intended to be rendered in anime until murakami met jhorror director yoshihiro nishimura, who convinced. So kuragebo turned out to have a brightwhite blobbody, wide green eyes and a shock of pink hair adorable in the venerable japanese tradition of kawaii or supercuteness. Set in a postfukushima japan, the movie features young children fighting against a. Check out all of our freely drama series online by clicking on drama list. Full episodes of jellyfish eyes english sub viewasian.
His debut feature film, it was released in japan on april 26. Janus films has acquired north american rights to takashi murakamis genrebusting fantasy film jellyfish eyes, the contemporary artists feature directorial debut. Jellyfish eyes, a childrens film from takashi murakami. Of the japanese prefectures fukushima has the third.
The 101minute monster movie is starting a monthlong tour of u. The japanese title of jellyfish eyes, mememe no kurage, refers to three me eyes and appropriately theres a lot of observance happening. Full list episodes jellyfish eyes english sub viewasian, an elementary school student named masashi finds flat cardboard boxes at a home in which he just moved in. Masashi places kurage bo in a bag and takes the creature with him to school his new school. The other students and adults can not see kurage bo. Jellyfish eyes after dabbling in animation, japanese artist takashi murakamis feature debut proves to be a flat pokemon knockoff. Two years ago the japanese artist made jellyfish eyes, a playful, pokemonesque, liveactionmeetsanimation childrens movie, which hes. Is takashi murakamis kids movie jellyfish eyes also an art film. There is no mistaking the japanese artists fanciful hand in his new movie venture, eitherjellyfish eyes, his first feature film now playing on a handful of screens in the u.
Jellyfish eyes, a childrens film from takashi murakami a scene from jellyfish eyes, takashi murakamis first featurelength film, in which each child has an odd creature. Takashi murakamis debut film, jellyfish eyes, suffers. Acclaimed visual artist takashi murakami released his debut film, jellyfish eyes, in american theaters last week. Takuto sueoka as masashi kusakabe in a scene from jellyfish eyes. Jellyfish eyes official us release trailer 2015 japanese fantasy hd takashi murakamis featurefilm debut is a loving homage to. Jellyfish eyes wikipedia jellyfish eyes wikipediajellyfish eyes is a 20 japanese fantasy film directed by contemporary artist takashi murakami. Takashi murakamis film combines human actors and animated characters in a comingofage tale about a tween caught in a battle between good and evil. Japanese words for jellyfish include and find more japanese words at. Takashi murakami explains how fukushima inspired his new. Japan 20 101 minutes in japanese with english subtitles 1. Two years ago the japanese artist made jellyfish eyes, a playful, pokemon esque, liveactionmeetsanimation childrens movie, which hes. When fnow users make a purchase with their mastercards.
When a young boy moves with his widowed mother to the japanese countryside, he discovers that their apartment. Jellyfish eyes is a 20 japanese fantasy film directed by contemporary artist takashi murakami. Parents need to know that jellyfish eyes is a liveaction family adventure directed by renowned japanese artist takashi murakami, best known for his colorful drawings, sculptures, accessories, and even louis vuitton prints. Takashi murakamis featurefilm debut is a loving homage to japanese popular culture. Jellyfish eyes 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Jellyfish eyes feature film by takashi murakami yatzer. Jellyfish eyes is horrible ive been on a criterion binge recently and somehow a horrible movie called jellyfish eyes made it into the collection surely by mistake. Not rated 1h 41min comedy, fantasy 23 april 20 japan. I plan to order the bluray version as soon as it becomes available in the north american format. Artist takashi murakamis feature film debut jellyfish eyes receives a new bluray release from the criterion collection, who present the film in the aspect ratio of 1.
An elementary school student named masashi finds flat cardboard boxes at a home in which he just moved in. Jellyfish eyes official trailer english subtitles youtube. The director, a major japanese artist, has brought his unique viewpoint to film by combining his creatures with some traditional anime concepts in a liveaction, cgi format. Japanese actors possess little different look as compared to other actors as they have beautiful eyes and handsome looks. Takashi murakami movie jellyfish eyes acquired by janus. Takashi murakami with characters from jellyfish eyes photo by chika okazumi takashi murakami has achieved a level of ubiquity that is unparalleled in the art world. Jellyfish eyes official us release trailer 2015 japanese fantasy. A strange creature like jellyfish comes from the cardboard. This definitely not the kind of film you would expect to see on criterion, but it was a great way for me to watch a subtitled film with my kids that was able to keep them locked in the whole. Japan movie jellyfish movie japan jellyfish 20 imdb jellyfish 20 imdb rating.
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