Cloud
Kurosawa Kiyoshi is an empathetic yet pitiless poet of the modern void.
Cloud
A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse), Cloud follows Yoshii, an ambitious yet directionless young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, Yoshii gradually tries to disconnect from humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and entrusting duties to his new devoted assistant. Before long his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.
Genre
Thriller,
Action,
Crime
Runtime
124
Language
Japanese
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer(s)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast
Masaki Suda,
Kotone Furukawa,
Daiken Okudaira
FEATURED REVIEW
Justin Chang, New Yorker
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirtysomething protagonist of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller “Cloud,” is never more content than when he’s in front of his computer. Some will surely relate, but Yoshii—lean, handsome, and aloof—is no one’s idea of an Everyman. In a dim, cramped Tokyo apartment ...