Aug 31, 1996
108 min
Full-HD

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius (1996)

A scientist desperately wanting to prove that mermaids exist is ostracized from the scientific community in Japan. He settles down in Australia steadfast on his hypothesis. When a Japanese student visits him in Australia with strange questions about mermaids, how the young man survived in the ocean, and why he doesn't remember anything.

Category

Fantasy Romance Horror

Country

Japan

Companies

Cappadpcia Pony Canyon Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)

Tadanobu Asano

Hisoka

Yosuke Eguchi

Haoka

Kimika Yoshino

Acri

Tatsuya Fuji

Sakota

Tetsu Kayama

Keisuke

Tomoko Tanaka

Mermaid

Ron Graham

Norris

Linden Goh

Kai Genmei

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