Bright Future
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Profile
- Movie: Bright Future
- Romaji: Akarui mirai
- Japanese: アカルイミライ
- Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: January 18, 2003
- Runtime: 92 Min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Friends Mamoru and Yuji, played by Tadanobu Asano (ZATOICHI, LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE) and Joe Odagiri (OUT OF THIS WORLD, AZUMI) are aimless young men stuck in dead-end jobs in a dreary factory in Tokyo. Mamoru, the more antisocial of the two, is obsessed with his pet project of acclimating a poisonous jellyfish to fresh water by gradually changing the water in its tank. One night, he inexplicably murders his boss’ family and is sentenced to death. Yuji, left to continue the jellyfish experiment, befriends Mamoru’s estranged father, Tatsuya Fuji (IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, THE MAN IN WHITE), and the two form a bond. But, Yuji’s attachment to the jellyfish is even stronger, and problems arise when he accidently releases the poisonous creature into the canals of Tokyo.
Notes
For a documentary on the making of "Bright Future" see The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Cast
- Joe Odagiri - Yuji Nimura
- Tadanobu Asano - Mamoru Arita
- Tatsuya Fuji - Shinichiro Arita
- Takashi Sasano - Mr. Fujiwara
- Marumi Shiraishi - Mrs. Fujiwara
- Hanawa - Ken Takagi
- Hideyuki Kasahara
- Ryo Kase - Fuyuki Arita
- Miyako Kawahara
- Chiaki Kominami
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama
- Yoshiyuki Morishita - Mori
- Sayuri Oyamada - Miho Nimura
- Ryo - Lawyer
- Sakichi Sato
- Tetsu Sawaki - Kei
Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - Celebration of Japanese Cinema
- 2010 (10th) International Film Festival of Marrakech - December 3-11, 2010 - Tribute Kiyoshi Kurosawa
