Does anyone know about a particular deleted scene that was allegedly showed only in Japan theaters were Ataru was hit in the head with a mallet and had a dream where he was a old man. I can't find any leads on this.

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Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer Tomobikanon 12/28/22 (Wed) 05:34:32 No.134

Does anyone know about a particular deleted scene that was allegedly showed only in Japan theaters were Ataru was hit in the head with a mallet and had a dream where he was a old man. I can't find any leads on this.

Tomobikanon 1/3/23 (Tue) 11:39:56 No.135

How'd you hear about it in the first place?

Tomobikanon 1/11/23 (Wed) 11:35:33 No.136

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Not sure if this helps, I cant remember where I found it.

Tomobikanon 4/20/25 (Sun) 00:34:52 No.1114

>>134
That's basically all there is to be known. The scene was deemed too dark so it was removed from the film. I believe the voice acting wasn't even completed and one of the voice actors has died.

Beautiful Dreamer needs a proper new home release, for several reasons:

1. Restore the missing scene.
2. Release the original Open Matte version in HD.
3. Restore the colors - it's the only UY film with very washed out colors.

Can someone get Criterion on the issue?

Tomobikanon 4/22/25 (Tue) 14:50:37 No.1328

>>1114
Who died? The only characters I’ve seen here are ones that already had voice lines in the movie unless they had another guest voice actor planned for old man Ataru.

Tomobikanon 4/22/25 (Tue) 16:43:51 No.1329

>>1328
My understanding the scene was animated but sfx and voices were never added since it never made it to the final film. The Mujaki voice actor died a while ago.

Tomobikanon 4/28/25 (Mon) 08:29:59 No.1783

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Looking at 4:3 LD versus the BD, and the LD has colors that mathc the rest of the series while the HD version is quite pale. This confirms my theory that the BD's colors are way too muted and it's supposed to be brighter. My guess is the film's color faded over time and they just didn't do proper color correction.

Tomobikanon 4/28/25 (Mon) 08:33:43 No.1784

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Note the girl at the bottom has different hair color outright - LD has it more like light brown. I think it's Akemi from Maison Ikkoku? I see Kyoko because her hair is distinct.

Tomobikanon 4/28/25 (Mon) 08:34:51 No.1785

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The film was animated Open Matte, then cropped for theaters in Widescreen. We still don't have an HD open matte release.

Tomobikanon 5/1/25 (Thu) 07:05:28 No.1868

>The burning sun was red and hugely bloated and shining. Thousands of spaceships fly through the sky.
>The last time it is about to come to the earth.
>The man was standing alone in the beach where the future city, which is now uninhabited, was seen far away. It was the figure of Ataru who became an old man.
>The man who talked to him was a pilot from an immigrant fleet who abandoned Mother Earth and set out for a far alien planet.
>The pilot encourages him to board a spaceship, but Ataru refuses to respond. He couldn't feel like leaving this star, where he used to spend time with a memorable person, and the one where that memorable person is sleeping.
>It is a memory of the nostalgic past. But then Ataru realized that he had spent a long time here and couldn't remember his name. Despaired and struck by despair. Cherry's words, "A fool !!", suddenly appeared.

Tomobikanon 5/1/25 (Thu) 08:28:05 No.1873

>>1783

Am i crazy or is the bottom image severly cropped compared to the top?

Tomobikanon 5/3/25 (Sat) 00:01:13 No.1998

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Tomobikanon 5/3/25 (Sat) 06:53:16 No.2000

>>1873
>>1998
If you mean more extreme cropping than usual for widescreen? Yeah, they intentionally want to cut out Akemi's titties there.