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Enigmatic Mamoru (Tadanobu Asano) lives alone with his poisonous but hauntingly luminous jellyfish that stings anyone getting too close. Mamoru's intense antisocial behavior is echoed by his co-worker and sole friend, Yuji (Jô Odagiri). They also share a dislike for their excessively solicitous boss, Fujiwara. However, and inextricably, Mamoru takes matters to the extreme, murdering both Fujiwara and his wife. With Mamoru in prison awaiting execution, Yuji is entrusted with the care of the lethal jellyfish, becoming attached to the strange creature while continuing with Mamoru’s previous efforts to acclimate the saltwater animal to thrive in freshwater. As the day for the creature's transformation looms closer, Yuji befriends the doomed man's father, Shin-ichiro, who bonds with Yuji and takes him under his wing. Just as Yuji's life begins turning for the better, the jellyfish slips through his fingers into a nearby canal. There, it begins reproducing in massive numbers, menacing the entire city.
Original Release
01/18/2003
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe Odagiri | Yûji Nimura |
Tadanobu Asano | Mamoru Arita |
Tatsuya Fuji | Shin'ichirô Arita |
Sayuri Oyamada | Miho Nimura |
Takashi Sasano | Mr. Fujiwara |
Marumi Shiraishi | Mrs. Fujiwara |
Hanawa | Ken Takagi |
Hideyuki Kasahara | Shin |
Ryo Kase | Fuyuki Arita |
Miyako Kawahara |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joe Odagiri | Yûji Nimura |
Tadanobu Asano | Mamoru Arita |
Tatsuya Fuji | Shin'ichirô Arita |
Sayuri Oyamada | Miho Nimura |
Takashi Sasano | Mr. Fujiwara |
Marumi Shiraishi | Mrs. Fujiwara |
Hanawa | Ken Takagi |
Hideyuki Kasahara | Shin |
Ryo Kase | Fuyuki Arita |
Miyako Kawahara | |
Chiaki Kominami | Kaori Fujiwara |
Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Jun |
Yutaka Mishima | A man who buy a box lunch / Man Buying a Lunch Box |
Yoshiyuki Morishita | Mori |
Ryô | Lawyer |
Sakichi Satô | Manager of Recycle Shop |
Tetsu Sawaki | Kei |
Kiichi Sonobe | Kei |
Yûji | (as Yuji Nagai) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masafumi Odawara | Executive Producer |
Nobuhiko Sakô | Executive Producer |
Kenji Takahara | Executive Producer |
Nobuhiko Sakoh | Executive Producer |
Takashi Asai | Producer |
Itaru Fujimoto | Producer |
Sadayuki Iwase | Producer |
Harumi Noshita | Producer |