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The couple moves to the suburbs, mainly to get more space for merchandise after making serious money. But danger lurks just around the corner as the number of scammed customers and disgruntled suppliers grows, and the consequences of Ratel\u2019s online antics begin to spill into the real world \u2013 with bloody results. Soon, Ry\u014dsuke finds himself on the run, pursued by the victims of his own fraud. The chaos draws in a colourful cast of self-appointed vigilantes and even a former yakuza member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having explored internet paranoia already in the early 2000s with<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pulse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kiyoshi Kurosawa proves with his latest work that he\u2019s still at the top of his game. A master of building suspense, Kurosawa crafts a fast-paced revenge thriller out of anonymous online communication, gig economy pressures, and the ruthless world of social media \u2013 full of twists and surprises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>KIYOSHI KUROSAWA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (b. 1955), known as a master of Japanese horror and psychological thrillers and for his fluid transitions across genres, began his career in the 1970s within Japan\u2019s studio system, making pink films and straight-to-video works. His international breakthrough came with the chilling serial killer film<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1997). Other notable works in his career include the internet ghost story <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2001) and the family drama <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokyo Sonata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2008). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2024) is Kurosawa\u2019s 28th feature film. In addition to his prolific directing career, he has served as a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Kurosawa cites Alfred Hitchcock and Yasujir\u014d Ozu as his key influences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Inari Ylinen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ry\u014dsuke (Masaki Suda) works at a clothing factory and moonlights by hoarding various goods \u2013 from handbags to dolls \u2013 which he resells online under the alias Ratel, of course at heavily marked-up prices.","protected":false},"featured_media":28581,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28584","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","filters-puhuttu-tai-tekstitetty-suomeksi-en","filters-special-screenings","filters-subtitles-in-english-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cloud &#8212; Midnight Sun Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/cloud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cloud &#8212; 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