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Bright Future

Bright Future

2003 · 115 min · JA · 6.9 (56 votes)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Starring Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Takashi Sasano, Marumi Shiraishi, Hanawa · Music Takemasa Miyake
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Buddies working at an oshibori factory bond over an uncontrollable rage neither can control, as well as a strange jellyfish they keep as a pet.

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A quiet, disaffected drift through mundane existence. It feels like watching life unfold in slow motion, punctuated by moments of profound, unsettling beauty and a pervasive sense of melancholy. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken thoughts and a quiet desperation.

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