Akarui mirai (2003)

Director:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writer:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)

Release Date:

3 December 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants)...

Plot Keywords:

Adult Adoption | Arcade | Assault | Dream | Employer Employee Relationship

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

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
Ryo Kase	...	Fuyuki Arita
Miyako Kawahara
Chiaki Kominami
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Yoshiyuki Morishita	...	Mori
Sayuri Oyamada	...	Miho Nimura
Ryô	...	Lawyer
Sakichi Satô
Tetsu Sawaki	...	Kei

Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa		writer

Produced by
Takashi Asai	....	producer
Itaru Fujimoto	....	associate producer
Sadayuki Iwase	....	co-producer
Harumi Noshita	....	co-producer
Masafumi Odawara	....	executive producer
Nobuhiko Sakoh	....	executive producer
Kenji Takahara	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Pacific 231

Cinematography by
Takahide Shibanushi

Film Editing by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Production Design by
Yasuaki Harada

Art Direction by
James David Goldmark

Costume Design by
Michiko Kitamura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tomohiro Kubo	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Hiromichi Kori	....	sound
Masatoshi Saito	....	sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Koichi Kuroda	....	still photographer

Production Companies

• Digital Site Corporation
• Klock Worx Co.
• Uplink Co.
• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)

Distributors

• UPLINK Company (2003) (Japan) (all media)
• Ad Vitam Distribution (France)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2004) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Bright Future (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

France:92 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Japan:115 min | USA:92 min | South Korea:115 min (DVD version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12

Company:

Digital Site Corporation

Trivia:

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

Quotes:

Mamoru Arita: Nimura, here's the plan.
[thumb toward the breast piece]
Mamoru Arita: When I do this, it means "Wait".
[thumb and the index finger toward the outside piece]
Mamoru Arita: And this means "Go ahead".

Unless your Young, or Japanese you might not like this

if your an American over 30 you won't get this unless you know about young Japanese culture. Likewise, if you are intelligent, and under this "age limit" you will get this movie. Its a real interesting expose about the aimlessness youth society has taken, I found the Jellyfish metaphor intriguing. The soft spoken characters urge you to want to know more about them, yet, at the same time, you begin to think you understand them. I have really become a fan of the more "intelligent" movies that japan has to offer as of lately (as opposed to the slasher and samurai movies), and they do not disappoint. If you enjoyed Kikujiro, you will like this movie, likewise if you enjoyed this movie, be sure to check out Kikujiro. While Akarui mirai is not the best film I have ever seen, it is defiantly something i would recommend.