Bright Future
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Bright Future (アカルイミライ Akarui Mirai) is a 2003 film by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa starring Tadanobu Asano and Joe Odagiri.
Plot summary
Yuji Nimura (Odagiri) and Mamoru Arita (Asano) are two factory workers who are constantly irritated by their boss, Fujiwara (Takashi Sasano). The mentally unbalanced Nimura goes to Fujiwara's house one night with the intent of murdering him, only to find that Mamoru has already done so. Mamoru is convicted of the murder, but commits suicide while on death row, leaving Nimura a private message that "it's time to go."
Mamoru's divorcé father, Shinichiro, takes Nimura in. Nimura helps with Shinichiro's electronics salvage business, but is still a loose cannon. He ultimately realizes he has to learn to cope with his place in the world, with his responsibilities and his losses, with the difference between how bright the future he dreamed of was, and how stark the reality he finds himself in is.
External links
- Official Site (in Japanese) (http://www.uplink.co.jp/brightfuture/)
- Bright Future's IMDb Entry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363235/)