Bright Future Movie Review 2003

Mamoru and Yuji are best friends, co-workers, and roommates in an existentially cool and cold modern world. Dreamlike plot takes Mamoru to jail for a crime he didn't commit, but won't deny. He seems fine there, drifting in and out of reality, almost living vicariously through his pet jellyfish he entrusted with Yuji before hitting the slammer. Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new-wave vision of art and horror are fascinating, yet alienating at once. Fans of bizarro Asian cinema will flip. Originally titled "Jellyfish Alert," a title somehow more accurately describing this movie than any review could.

Distribution

Movies Unlimited, 3015 Darnell Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154, Phone: (215)637-4444, Toll-free: 800-668-4344, Fax: (215)637-2350, Email: movies@moviesunlimited.com, URL: http://www.moviesunlimited.com

Available on DVD
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Japan, Fishing

Screenplay

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast

Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Joe Odagiri, Marumi Shiraishi

Cinematography

Takahide Shibanushi

Director

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Music

Pacific 231

Other

Hiromichi Kohri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Michika Kitamura, Yasuaki Harada