Poster © Mainichi Broadcasting System. Shown at reduced size for review and commentary.
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GenreFeature film
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 33 mins
ReleasedMay 30, 2025
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorFūga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora
StarringNatsuki Hanae, Shion Wakayama, Kazuya Nakai
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Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (2025)
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| Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye's Details | |
| Genre | Feature film |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 05/30/2025 |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 33 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye's Interests | |
| General | Cursed houses, hot springs, sleepy country villages, the Kito Family, ghosts and aliens. |
| Music | Kensuke Ushio, who also scores the TV series. |
| Movies | Dan Da Dan: First Encounter (2024). The first big-screen trip, for anyone catching up. |
| Television | Dandadan, the anime series this one is cut from. |
| Heroes | Okarun. Nervous, loyal, and somehow always in the middle of it. |
| Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye's Crew | |
| Director | Fūga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora |
| Writers | Hiroshi Seko |
| Producers | Akifumi Fujio, Masanori Miyake, Yūma Takahashi |
| Cinematography | Kazuto Izumida |
| Music | Kensuke Ushio |
| Edited By | Kiyoshi Hirose |
| Production | Science Saru |
| Distributed By | Mainichi Broadcasting System |
Calling Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye a movie is generous, and it doesn’t pretend otherwise. It’s the first three episodes of the anime’s second season cut together for theaters, so it starts mid-story and saves the rest for later. Skip season one and nobody stops to catch you up. Do your homework and you’re in for a treat. Momo Ayase, Okarun and their pal Jiji, voiced by Shion Wakayama, Natsuki Hanae and Kaito Ishikawa, travel to Jiji’s family house in rural Byakuja Village to look into a curse that’s supposedly sitting on the place. The Kito Family, landlords of most of the village, grill the visitors, Momo gets ambushed at the local hot spring, and one giant fight turns up a hidden, cursed room in Jiji’s home. Fūga Yamashiro and Abel Góngora share directing duties, and fans showed up, with a 7.8 on IMDb and $6.9 million worldwide. A 7.4 because it’s a fun ride that plays like a binge, not a film. $8,393 says you get home and start episode four the same night.
What works: Seeing the new season open on a big screen is the whole appeal, and the story drops you straight into the village mystery.
What doesn’t: It’s a stitched-together run of TV episodes that starts mid-story and stops before the arc is finished, so newcomers get lost.
Who it’s for: Fans who finished season one and couldn’t wait for the next episodes to stream.
Spoilers
The village’s ancient god, Tsuchinoko, turns out to be a Mongolian Death Worm, and Jiji is taken over by the Evil Eye, an angry spirit bent on revenge. The film leaves Okarun, Momo and the whole village facing it, with the rest of that fight left for the episodes that follow.
Picking up right where season one of the anime left off, this one sends Momo Ayase (Shion Wakayama), Okarun (Natsuki Hanae) and their friend Jiji (Kaito Ishikawa) out to Jiji's house in the country village of Byakuja. Jiji wants them to look into a curse that supposedly hangs over the place. Then they meet the Kito Family, who own most of the village and are not exactly friendly to visitors. Fūga Yamashiro and Abel Góngora direct, with Science Saru animating Yukinobu Tatsu's manga. It collects the first three episodes of season two. Ninety-three minutes, maximum weirdness.
Anyone who believes in ghosts and aliens at the same time. No need to pick.
| Natsuki Hanae | |
| Shion Wakayama | |
| Kazuya Nakai | |
| Nana Mizuki | |
| Ayane Sakura | |
| Kaito Ishikawa | |
| Mayumi Tanaka |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 19 October 2026 DataBot +320 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $6.9M; Domestic box office $5.6M; Opening weekend $3.2M; profit note now waits on a budget; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes audience 96% (1,000+ verified ratings); IMDb users 7.8 / 10 (2,422 votes); movie.guru score 9.5.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 19 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.