
Jellyfish Eyes
2013 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 5.1 · 32% critics
After moving from an evacuation center to a quiet village, a young boy discovers that local kids can communicate with strange, fantastical creatures. What seems like a playful secret soon turns unsettling as he learns the creatures may be part of a plan to harvest children’s negative feelings, forcing the community to confront what’s really happening.
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Details
- Original title
- めめめのくらげ
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-04-23
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 32/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 (22 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like oddball, kid-focused fantasy with cute-but-creepy creatures and a darker undercurrent, like Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram; Not for you if you want consistent tone, tight pacing, or grounded drama.
Pros: imaginative creature concept; colorful, psychedelic visuals; occasional big fun | Cons: messy tone shifts; slow, boring stretches; thin character work
Cast & crew

Himeka Asami
as Saki Amamiya

Masataka Kubota
as Seiryu / Blue Dragon

Asuka Kurosawa
as Shizuko Amamiya

Takumi Saitoh
as Naoto Yukizuka

Shota Sometani
as Byakko / White Tiger
- TS
Takuto Sueoka
as Masashi Kusakabe

Kanji Tsuda
as Tatsuo Kusakabe

Mayu Tsuruta
as Yasuko Kusakabe

Hidemasa Shiozawa
as Genbu / Black Tortoise

Ami Ikenaga
as Suzaku / Vermillion Bird
Directed by Takashi Murakami