Bright Future (Japanese) 2003

November 9, 2009 · Posted in Award Winning, Drama, Japanese Movies, Movies | Share

BRIGHT FUTURE

Aka: Akarui mirai
Year: 2003
Directed: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 01:55
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Cast: Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Takashi Sasano, Hideyuki Kasahara, Ryo Kase, Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Yoshiyuki Morishita

Synopsis / Plot

In Tokyo, the dysfunctional friends Nimura and Mamoru work in a laundry of towels in part time. Nimura sees a bright future only in dreams, and Mamoru is adapting a venom jellyfish in fresh water. Their boss likes them and gives a bonus and proposes a full time work for them. Mamoru kills the boss’s family in a attack of rage without any reason and he is sentenced to death. Nimura keeps the jellyfish and releases it in a canal of Tokyo. Meanwhile, Mamoru’s father comes to Tokyo for the funeral of his son, and Nimura stays with him, while the jellyfishes threatens the population of Tokyo.

5 wins & 1 nomination