![]() ![]() Childhood emotions are big, even when the stakes seem small: When Kun is not allowed to wear his yellow pants, he has a major meltdown. The style of Mirai changes as the film develops - from the calm painterly domestic scenes to Kun's (imaginary) nightmare to the Tokyo train station - are positively hallucinogenic. ![]() And there’s trouble-causing little girl, who turns out to Kun's own mother. (The name Mirai also means “future.”) Other visitors include Kun's late war vet grandfather (Koji Yakusho), now appearing as a cool motorcyle-riding young dude from the past. The Prince is just the first of some mysterious visitors, including a school-girl version of Mirai (Kuroki Haru), come back from the future. When we see the prince suddenly dash after a ball and retrieves it for Kun, we figure out he's actually Kun's fantasy of his dog, Yukko. The prince flounces about the yard, complaining that before Kun, he was the favoured member of the family, petted, adored, fed the best food. ![]() That instantly throws the house into a turmoil of yelling parents and a barking dog.Īlone in the yard, Kun, in the middle of his rage, unexpectedly meets an old-fashioned prince (Yoshihara Koji) with long hair and a frock coat. At first, he's somewhat intrigued by the novelty of the new family member - pulling her cheeks and ears - but when she continues to be the star of the show, he clonks her with his toy train in annoyance. Mom returns to work, Dad is trying to work and care for the baby and Kun spends a lot of time alone. ![]()
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