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Brighter Days

2025 · 111 min

A quiet, reflective drama that drifts from hospital wards into dreamlike jungle, asking you to sit with burnout and hope.

Directed by
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mei Nagano, Kyoko Yoshine, Riku Hagiwara
Overview
Saho Takahashi, capable but a disillusioned nurse, has lost all motivation for her job working at Sumidaku Sakuraoka General Hospital. She seeks solace in the company of her bed-ridden patient, former Honorary Head Nurse, Sae Yukino. As she opens up about her despair, a sudden earthquake sends Saho into the depths of a strange, unfamiliar jungle.

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Directed by
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mei Nagano, Kyoko Yoshine, Riku Hagiwara
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • isolation
  • work
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • hospital
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Written by
Yoshikazu Okada
Starring
Mei Nagano, Kyoko Yoshine, Riku Hagiwara, Noriko Eguchi, Goro Inagaki, Mitsuko Baisho, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Sawako Fujima
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Runtime
111 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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