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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   1,145 votes
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Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 December 2003 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
The New York Times On Hair's Bright Future
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 14 April 2009, 2:50 PM, PDT)

Tokyo Sonata review
 (From Spout. 12 March 2009, 6:30 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
excellent insight into the two generations more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jô Odagiri ... Yûji Nimura
Tadanobu Asano ... Mamoru Arita
Tatsuya Fuji ... Shin'ichirô Arita
Takashi Sasano ... Mr. Fujiwara
Marumi Shiraishi ... Mrs. Fujiwara
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hanawa ... Ken Takagi
Hideyuki Kasahara ... Shin
Ryo Kase ... Fuyuki Arita
Miyako Kawahara
Chiaki Kominami ... Kaori Fujiwara
Ken'ichi Matsuyama ... Jun
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Mori
Sayuri Oyamada ... Miho Nimura
Ryô ... Lawyer
Sakichi Satô ... Manager of Recycle Shop
Tetsu Sawaki ... Kei
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bright Future (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
France:92 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Japan:115 min | USA:92 min | South Korea:115 min (DVD version) | UK:88 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS-Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The large group of jellyfish in the Tokyo River was filmed in an aquarium and digitally added to the film. more
Quotes:
Yûji Nimura: I've always had lots of dreams when I sleep. The dreams have always been about the future. The future in my dreams was always bright. A future brimming with hope and peace. So I've always loved to sleep. That is, until just recently... more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
excellent insight into the two generations, 14 September 2008
9/10
Author: m-oki from Japan

I think this is not an easy film to grasp. Someone may well hate or disgust it, until he grasps what Mamoru represents and what is the theme of this movie.He doesn't look human at all. He never shows real emotion nor intention. So what is he? Is he a pure evil, or a ghost as in fact came back later in the movie? One way to understand him is not to see him as a real figure, but as question, question from the director Kurosawa. The question is double question. One is to the older generation, which is; Can you accept him and his generation? Another question is to the younger generation, which is; What do you do in the absence of an idealistic and convenient advocator like Mamoru?

In the case of the two, Yuji(Nimura) and Mamoru's father, things went well.They found them understandable and lovable. But, as known from the dialog of Mamoru's father, "I forgive you, I forgive you all," this is a question to all the individuals, younger or older.

Can we really accept the young so dangerous and sensitive like a jelly fish? Can we love them so much as to reach for them? Or, as a young, can we understand the elder so selfish and ugly but sometime has real love for the young?

What's implied in this movie is that the chances for the recovery of the relationship between two gegerations are still left and that the strragle goes on to forever.

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