Ponyo's parents, Fujimoto & Granmamare, are a gender-bent version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Little Mermaid." ...

But the Little Mermaid cannot bring herself to kill the prince and throws the knife away and disappears. Later, the prince imagines he can see her face when looking at bubbles on the sea.

Popular model Koyuki plays the role of the mermaid princess who cannot speak and has a limp, but drives men crazy with her beauty. A modern take on a fairy tale, this suspense/horror film depicts ...