Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
1984 · Movie · NR · 95 min · ★ 7.3 · 86% critics
As students at a high school get ready for a carnival, everyday life starts to feel off—then it becomes clear the same day is repeating. The group tries to figure out what’s causing the loop, but every attempt to escape only sends them back to the beginning, blurring what’s real and what might be a dream.
Also known as Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
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Details
- Original title
- うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-02-11
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (101 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a surreal, funny time-loop story with an unsettling edge and big questions about dreams versus reality; Not for you if you dislike ambiguity or want straightforward comedy like Urusei Yatsura.
Pros: inventive time-loop mystery; eerie dreamlike mood; funny, thoughtful moments | Cons: can feel confusing; uneven, experimental tone; less like typical series
Themes
- romance
- alien
- anime
- japanese high school
Cast & crew
Toshio Furukawa
as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Fumi Hirano
as Lum (voice)
Akira Kamiya
as Mendou
Kazuko Sugiyama
as Ten
Saeko Shimazu
as Shinobu
Akira Murayama
as Perm
Shinji Nomura
as Kakugari
Issei Futamata
as Chibi
Kenichi Ogata
as Ataru's Father
Natsumi Sakuma
as Ataru's Mother
Directed by Mamoru Oshii