

Bright Future
2003-01-18 · 115 min · ★ 6.9
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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Production details
- Directors
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Production companies
- Uplink, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, THE KLOCKWORX
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 10,000,000
Top Cast
Joe OdagiriYûji Nimura
Tadanobu AsanoMamoru Arita
Tatsuya FujiShin'ichirô Arita
Takashi SasanoMr. Fujiwara
Hideyuki KasaharaShin
Ryo KaseFuyuki Arita
Miyako Kawahara
Kenichi MatsuyamaJun
Yoshiyuki MorishitaMori
Sayuri OyamadaMiho Nimura
Sakichi SatoManager of Recycle Shop
RyoLawyer
Yutaka MishimaMan Buying a Lunch Box
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