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Bright Future (アカルイミライ, Akarui Mirai) is a 2003 Japanese drama film written, directed, and edited by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano, Joe Odagiri and Tatsuya Fuji. It was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival .
Dec 3, 2003 · Bright Future: Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. With Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Sayuri Oyamada. Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants).
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- Drama
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- 2003-12-03
A poisonous jellyfish connects two colleagues, who go on different paths after a murder case. Kurosawa's mastery of depicting unconventional, sometimes hairraising ways humans react was impressive, especially for lost, disillusioned souls who only see a "Bright Future" in dreams.
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- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Alienated youth is one of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's favorite themes. Bright Future is an alternately comic and macabre portrait of a deranged friendship. Full Review | Sep 29, 2017
Mamoru (Tadanobu Asano) and feckless, unstable Yuji (Jô Odagiri) are best friends who work together in a Japanese towel factory. But they're separated when,...
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- Joe Odagiri
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
A drama centering upon the friendship between Yuji and Mamoru, two angry young men working in a plant that processes oshibori--the wet hand towels found in restaurants and fast food joints. Both are anti-social loners with short fuses. Yuji worships the older, enigmatic Mamoru, who lives with a red.
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Jan 30, 2004 · Review: Bright Future. Throughout, Kiyoshi Kurosawa strains to parallel Mamoru’s jellyfish with his characters’ disaffections. by Ed Gonzalez. January 30, 2004. Photo: Palm Pictures. Buddies Mamoru (Asano Tadanobu) and Yuji (Odagiri Joe) are connected by broken dreams and Mamoru’s poisonous pet jellyfish.
