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Bright Future

Play trailer Poster for Bright Future 2003,  1h 32m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 73% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
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, after lending Yuji a poisonous jellyfish, Mamoru is jailed for killing their boss (Takashi Sasano). Suddenly at loose ends, Yuji begins working for Mamoru's father, Shin-ichiro (Tatsuya Fuji), in his salvage shop. Meanwhile, the jellyfish escapes and begins reproducing in massive numbers within the sewers of the city.
Bright Future

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Critics Consensus

Flawed yet alluring, Bright Future slowly draws the viewer into an enigmatic world of surreal imagery and entrancing ambiguity.

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Richard Porton Chicago Reader Sep 29, 2017
Alienated youth is one of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's favorite themes. Bright Future is an alternately comic and macabre portrait of a deranged friendship. Go to Full Review
John Hartl Seattle Times Jan 28, 2005
3/4
Gradually establishes a sense of foreboding that is hard to shake, though it's not without its darkly humorous moments. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Boston Globe Jan 14, 2005
3/4
The movie has a curious and cumulative power. Go to Full Review
Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) Dec 30, 2020
[Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa] embeds astute social commentary in narrative details, as he does exceptionally well in "Bright Future". Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Sep 17, 2009
B
Kurosawa's weird look at the empty lives of modern youth is mysteriously eye-catching but nothing deeper. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Mar 8, 2005
3/5
a genre that's starting to get overplayed Go to Full Review
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director

Joe Odagiri

Yuji Nimura

Tadanobu Asano

Mamoru Arita

Tatsuya Fuji

Shin-ichiro Arita

Takashi Sasano

Mr. Fujiwara

Marumi Shiraishi

Mrs. Fujiwara

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Movie Info

Synopsis 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, after lending Yuji a poisonous jellyfish, Mamoru is jailed for killing their boss (Takashi Sasano). Suddenly at loose ends, Yuji begins working for Mamoru's father, Shin-ichiro (Tatsuya Fuji), in his salvage shop. Meanwhile, the jellyfish escapes and begins reproducing in massive numbers within the sewers of the city.
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Producer
Takashi Asai
Distributor
Palm Pictures
Production Co
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Uplink Co., Digital Site Corporation, The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 8, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.8K
Runtime
1h 32m
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