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Akarui mirai

Akarui mirai

2002Movie⏱️ 1h 32mNot Rated
Drama
6.7
IMDB Rating
3,229 votes

Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither can articulate or control--and the strange...

Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers
N/A
Stars
Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji
Release Date
December 3, 2003
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 5
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 24
Reviews
📋 3.7K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Joe Odagiri
Joe Odagiri
as Yûji Nimura
Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
as Mamoru Arita
Tatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji
as Shin'ichirô Arita
👤
Sayuri Oyamada
as Miho Nimura
👤
Takashi Sasano
as Mr. Fujiwara
👤
Marumi Shiraishi
as Mrs. Fujiwara
👤
Hanawa
as Ken Takagi
👤
Hideyuki Kasahara
as Shin
Ryô Kase
Ryô Kase
as Fuyuki Arita
👤
Miyako Kawahara

💰 Box Office

$28,463
Worldwide Gross
$5,166
Domestic Gross
$2,755
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
DTS-Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Uplink, Digital Site Corporation, The Klockworx

🏷️ Keywords

exotic petmurderjapanese boyvenommedusa

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Time past, life wasted
by LGwriter492004-12-13

"Bright Future, another recent dark film from the great Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, focuses on working class folks whose future is anything but bright. The irony of the title is pounded home in scene after scene. Yuji and Mamoru, friends in their 20s who work at the same boring job in the same dull warehouse, are both frustrated with their lives. But there is a big difference. While Mamoru looks around carefully and gives Yuji knowing glances, and tells Yuji when to Wait and when to Go Ahead (capital letters used on purpose), Yuji is content to live in his dreams in which, he says in ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The large group of jellyfish in the Tokyo River was filmed in an aquarium and digitally added to the film.

📖 Synopsis

Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither can articulate or control--and the strange...