BRIGHT FUTURE (2004)

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"I've always had lots of dreams when I sleep. The dreams have always been about the future. The future in my dreams was always bright. A future brimming with hope and peace. So I've always loved to sleep. That is, until just recently... "

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Well how's it going everyone. It's been a while since I've done one of these. So yet again I lied to you all. With this film I'm starting to go back to my style of film making. That is Asian cinema with low production, great original stories, great character development, and some of the best directing you will ever lay your eyes on. I also decided to broaden my horizon and start checking out other great Asian filmmakers besides Takashi Miike, Ryuhei Kitamura, Shinya Tsukamoto, the great Akira Kurosawa, and decided to check another great Asian filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (not relation to Akira Kurosawa). Now on to the film. This is flat out the best movie I've ever seen in my life! The film starts out with a dialogue by Yuji having dreams about the future and how the future shows hope and prosperity for him, but starts to not have those dreams anymore showing that their might not be hope for him in the future and then shows him and and his best friend Mamoru working in their dead beat jobs in a factory. The film then transcends and evolves, I think, pretty naturally. Mamoru shows Yuji his experiment with a highly poisonous red jellyfish, which I think is a metaphor for the theme of the movie, and how he's trying to acclimate it to fresh water. Then I guess you can say that the film takes somewhat of a downward spiral. Mamoru ends up murdering his boss at the factory and tells Yuji to take care of the jellyfish. From there on Yuji without the guidance of Mamoru tends be lost and alienated from society. Mamoru's dad comes to the picture once Mamoru is thrown in jail and commits suicide instead of waiting for his execution date. Mamoru's dad ends up taking Yuji in after completely losing all signs of getting back into the flow of society and starts working for him at his also dead-end job. Then towards the end of the film Yuji then realizes that he must move on and be content on the way his life is going. All in all, this is hands down the greatest film I've seen. I can relate to this film greatly as well as everyone else I believe who sees it. This movie is flawless from top to bottom and recommend it for anyone interested in Asian cinema or foreign films at that. Enjoy!