Brighter Days (2025)
Original title: 晴れたらいいね
Brighter Days is a 2025 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa, with a running time of 1h 51m. It stars Mei Nagano, Kyoko Yoshine and Riku Hagiwara.
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.
Cast
- Mei Nagano as Saho Takahashi
- Kyoko Yoshine as Mitsu Fujiwara
- Riku Hagiwara as Shoichiro Imai
- Noriko Eguchi as Fukiko Sugano
- Goro Inagaki as Makoto Saji
- Mitsuko Baisho as Sae Yukino
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Sae's friend
- Sawako Fujima as Tamiko Iwakura
- Hana Toyoshima as Setsuko Takanuma
- Eriko Tomiyama as Shigeko Onishi
- Nuno Uraji as Masako Okuyama
- Tsutomu Takahashi as Mitsuo Horii