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Bright Future

Bright Future

2003 · 115 min · JA · 6.9 (38 votes)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Starring Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Takashi Sasano, Marumi Shiraishi, Hanawa · Music Takemasa Miyake
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Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.

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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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