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Cloud (film) - Wikipedia

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Cloud
Theatrical release poster

Japanese	クラウド

Directed by	Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by	Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring	Masaki Suda
Cinematography	Yasuyuki Sasaki
Music by	Takuma Watanabe
Production companies	Nikkatsu Tokyo Theatres Company ^[1]
Release dates	August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) (Venice) September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) (Japan)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cloud (クラウド, Kuraudo) is a 2024 Japanese psychological thriller film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Masaki Suda.^[1]

The film premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, on 30 August 2024.^[2] It was selected for the Best International Feature Film as the Japanese entry at the 97th Academy Awards.^[3]

Premise

Yoshii, a young man who resells goods online, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.^[4]

Cast

Masaki Suda as Ryosuke Yoshii, an internet reseller^[4]
Kotone Furukawa as Akiko, Yoshii's lover^[4]
Daiken Okudaira as Sano, Yoshii's assistant^[4]
Amane Okayama as Miyake, a man who resides in an internet cafe^[4]
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Takimoto, who owns the factory where Yoshii works^[4]
Masataka Kubota as Muraoka, who brings Yoshii into the online resale business^[4]
Yutaka Matsushige^[5]
Masaaki Akahori as Tonoyama Souichi, factory president^[5]
Maho Yamada as Chizuru, Tonoyama's wife^[5]
Mutsuo Yoshioka as Yabe^[5]
Yusei Mikawa as Inoue^[5]
Toshihiro Yagi as Hojo, a police officer^[5]
Yoshiyuki Morishita as Murota^[5]
Tetsuya Chiba as the hunter^[5]

Release

Cloud premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.^[2] The film will be released in Japan on 27 September 2024.^[6] and it was selected as Japan's entry for best international film for 97th Academy Awards.^[7]

It was also selected in Gala Presentation at the 29th Busan International Film Festival to be screened on October 3, 2024.^[8] It has been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section.^[9]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.60/10.^[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[11]

Accolades

Award	Ceremony date	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Sitges Film Festival	13 October 2024	Best Feature Film	Cloud	Nominated	^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b Raup, Jordan (13 February 2024). "Kiyoshi Kurosawa Will Now Premiere Three Films in 2024". The Film Stage. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Billington, Alex (23 July 2024). "81st Venice Film Festival Selection - Guadagnino, Kurzel, Almodóvar". FirstShowing. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ Rosser, Michael; Calnan, Ellie (September 5, 2024). "Oscars best international feature 2025: all the films submitted so far". ScreenDaily. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The main cast of the movie "Cloud" has been announced! Comments from the cast have also arrived". Cloud. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "It has been revealed that Matsushige Yutaka, who gave a brilliant performance in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's early masterpiece, will appear in this film! Eight talented supporting actors have been announced". Cloud. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ Billington, Alex (24 April 2024). "TRAILERS Freaky First Teaser Trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cloud' Horror Film". First Showing. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "International Oscar Race: Japan Selects Venice Film 'Cloud' by Kurosawa Kiyoshi". Variety.
^ "The 29th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List". Busan International Film Festival. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ Staff, Scroll (2024-10-09). "MAMI Mumbai Film Festival will open with Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine as Light'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
^ "Cloud". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "Cloud". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ Romero, Miguel Ángel (10 September 2024). "Sitges 2024 anuncia su programación definitiva: las mejores películas de terror que podremos ver este año". Cinemanía (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.

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