Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

1991 1h 17m JA

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 20

AnimationActionAdventureComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toshio Furukawa
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Lum (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Shutaro Mendo (voice)
Shinnosuke Furumoto
Rio (voice)
Naoko Matsui
Lupica (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Oyuki (voice)
Yuko Mita
Benten (voice)
Machiko Washio
Sakura (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuhisa Yamada
Writers: Tomoko Konparu, Hideo Takayashiki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Urusei Yatsura Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, shot by Hitoshi Yamaguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mitsuru Kotaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yutaka Matsumoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Toshio Furukawa and Fumi Hirano and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0103178 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Katsuhisa Yamada directs. Hitoshi Yamaguchi behind the camera. Mitsuru Kotaki scores. Yutaka Matsumoto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Urusei Yatsura Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, shot by Hitoshi Yamaguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mitsuru Kotaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yutaka Matsumoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Toshio Furukawa and Fumi Hirano and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0103178 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 20 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.