If you loved To the Ends of the Earth, try Bright Future

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To the Ends of the Earth

2019 · dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Both films are directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to To the Ends of the Earth, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Bright Future is

Late-night oshibori factory washroom. Dripping faucet’s rusty groan. Two men preserve jellyfish in a glass jar, its translucent pulse betraying something older than them. Quiet shifts into fury without warning. Flat digital realism, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s white-knuckle patience.

If you loved To the Ends of the Earth, try Bright Future

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