Bright Future

Jan 18, 2003

1h 55m

★ 6.8

Overview

Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Uplink

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

THE KLOCKWORX

Bright Future Trailers

Cast

Yûji Nimura

Joe Odagiri

Mamoru Arita

Tadanobu Asano

Shin'ichirô Arita

Tatsuya Fuji

Mr. Fujiwara

Takashi Sasano

Mrs. Fujiwara

Marumi Shiraishi

Ken Takagi

Hanawa

Shin

Hideyuki Kasahara

Fuyuki Arita

Ryo Kase

Miyako Kawahara

Kaori Fujiwara

Chiaki Kominami

Jun

Kenichi Matsuyama

Mori

Yoshiyuki Morishita

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