6.9 / 10(56 votes)IMDb20031h 55mJapan

Bright Future

アカルイミライ

Topics:#japan #tokyo, japan #jellyfish #heisei #21st century

Synopsis

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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Trailers, Teasers & Extra Featurettes

Official promotional previews, behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive clips.

Bright Future trailer

Type: Trailer • Published 2008-11-05

Top Cast

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Joe Odagiri

Yûji Nimura

Tadanobu Asano

Mamoru Arita

Tatsuya Fuji

Shin'ichirô Arita

Takashi Sasano

Mr. Fujiwara

Marumi Shiraishi

Mrs. Fujiwara

Hanawa

Ken Takagi

Hideyuki Kasahara

Shin

Ryo Kase

Fuyuki Arita

Miyako Kawahara

Chiaki Kominami

Kaori Fujiwara

Kenichi Matsuyama

Jun

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Mori

Sayuri Oyamada

Miho Nimura

Sakichi Sato

Manager of Recycle Shop

Tetsu Sawaki

Kei

Ryo

Lawyer

Yutaka Mishima

Man Buying a Lunch Box

Kiichi Sonobe

Kei

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Release History & Theatrical Window

World Premiere

Eiga-Sai Film Festival

Festival / Special Debut

Financials & Box Office Performance

Released

Production Budget

$10M

Filming & production cost

Worldwide Gross

Pending

Total global ticket sales

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenplay & Story: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Original Score: Takemasa Miyake , Shigeomi Hasumi
Original Title: アカルイミライ
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 55m
Production Budget: $10M
Production Studios: Uplink, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, THE KLOCKWORX

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Screenplay & Story

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Original Score & Music

Takemasa Miyake , Shigeomi Hasumi

Director of Photography

Takahide Shibanushi

Film Editing

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Producers

Harumi Noshita, Nobuhiko Sako, Takashi Asai, Kenji Takahara, Sadayuki Iwase

Department Leadership Roster

Harumi Noshita

Producer

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director

Takashi Asai

Producer

Takemasa Miyake

Original Music Composer

Michiko Kitamura

Costume Design

Sadayuki Iwase

Producer

Yasuaki Harada

Production Design

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writer

Shigeomi Hasumi

Original Music Composer

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Editor

Makoto Fujimoto

Producer

Takahide Shibanushi

Director of Photography

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Oct. 2026 Collection: Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Merging psychological dread with existential inquiry, the films of Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa use genre trappings to probe the alienation and anxiety underpinning modern life. Quivering with whisper-quiet unease that gathers with slow-burn intensity, the J-horror touchstones CURE and PULSE are indelibly disturbing visions of psychic disintegration and technological contagion, while thrillers like SERPENT’S PATH and CLOUD blend gripping suspense with incisive social commentary. And in sui generis dramas like BRIGHT FUTURE and TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, Kurosawa brings his keen-eyed formalism to stories of characters cast adrift in an increasingly uncertain world.

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