A mysterious live-action film titled Beautiful Dreamer, which is inspired by or connected to the internationally acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (Mobile Police Patlabor, Ghost in The Shell)’s 1984 anime film Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, has been in the works.
Based on a script “Yumemiru Hito” (A Dreamer) by Oshii, the live-action film is directed by Katsuyiki Motohiro (Bayside Shakedown, Psycho-Pass) as the first entry from the newly-launched experimental film label “Cinema Lab,” whose concept is “Director Absolutism.”
Its full trailer revealed today is obviously littered with homages to Oshii’s critically-acclaimed second Uruesi Yatsura film.