Bright Future

Yuji Nimura (played by Joe Odagiri) and Mamoru Arita (played by Tadanobu Asano) are good friends and work in the same factory. Mamoru keeps a red jellyfish as a pet. This shiny but highly poisonous creature. One day, their boss came to the apartment and reached out to tease the jellyfish, but Mamoru deliberately stopped Yuuji's warning. The boss who was injured by the jellyfish became angry and fired the guard. As a result, Mori took the next step to vent his anger. Mamoru is arrested and imprisoned, and he entrusts Yuuji to take care of the jellyfish. Mamoru's father Shinichiro (Fuji Tatsuya) also comes to visit him in prison, and he tries to rebuild his relationship with his son, even though they haven't seen each other in five years. But Mamoru's sudden death plunged both his friend and his father into grief, and the two men looked for comfort in each other and depended on each other. Once a jellyfish accidentally escaped, he started spreading feed into the river every day to ensure that the jellyfish could survive. Later, news about the massive breeding of jellyfish in the river was broadcast on TV...