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Overview
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Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)
Release Date:
3 December 2003 (France)
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Plot:
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants)...
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5 wins
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1 nomination
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(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)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 14 April 2009, 2:50 PM, PDT)
Tokyo Sonata review
(From Spout. 12 March 2009, 6:30 AM, PDT)
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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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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
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1.85 : 1 more
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The large group of jellyfish in the Tokyo River was filmed in an aquarium and digitally added to the film.
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Shin'ichirô Arita:
[embracing Yuji] I forgive you. I forgive all of you for everything.
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Akarui mirai is a film that has one theme, despair. We see a Japanese society that offers little in the way of hope, prosperity, fun or happiness. A chance for a bright future is denied to the young and has already passed up the old. Our two main characters live lives that are pointless and dull. Our protagonist momentarily feels that at least he can claim being good as arcade games as an accomplishment, but soon sees that he is not even good at that. The two soon see that even their "successful" boss, who has a wife and child, has no life worth celebrating or enjoying. Such despair will cause one of the two friends to give up on a bright future and one to make one last attempt at finding hope for that bright future, but sadly, it appears very doubtful that that bright future will come.