Bright Future (アカルイミライ, Akarui Mirai) is a 2003 Japanese drama film written, directed, and edited by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano, Joe Odagiri and Tatsuya Fuji.

[2] Yuji Nimura (Joe Odagiri) and Mamoru Arita (Tadanobu Asano) are two factory workers, who are constantly irritated by their boss, Fujiwara (Takashi Sasano).

Mamoru is convicted of the murder but commits suicide on death row, leaving Nimura a private message to "go ahead."

Excitedly, Shinichiro wades into the river to see the jellyfish and is stung, rendering him unconscious though not badly hurt.

[3] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times gave the film a favorable review, saying: "One of the pleasures of Mr. Kurosawa's films is how casually he tosses in ideas about contemporary life, the state of the family, the place of technology, all while steadily shredding your nerves.