Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa turns a quiet reseller's side hustle into a slow-building nightmare in this 2024 Japanese thriller.
What is Cloud about?
Yoshii spends his days flipping goods online, buying cheap and selling for a markup, a hustle that lets him imagine a bigger life outside his cramped routine. But the transactions he treats as harmless start attracting unwanted attention: unhappy buyers, resentful competitors, and strangers who seem to know far more about him than they should. As anonymous threats escalate into something closer to a coordinated campaign, the line between his digital dealings and his physical safety collapses entirely. Yoshii retreats with his girlfriend to a remote property, hoping distance will bring calm, only to discover that the danger has followed him there in a far more direct and violent form. The film builds with an unnerving patience typical of its director, letting dread accumulate in ordinary spaces before violence erupts without warning. What starts as a meditation on online commerce and anonymity turns into a survival story, questioning how easily modern convenience can curdle into isolation and threat.
Cast & crew
Masaki Suda leads as Yoshii, with Kotone Furukawa and Daiken Okudaira rounding out the central cast. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, known internationally for atmospheric horror and psychological tension, returns here to genre territory that echoes his earlier work while pushing into sharper, more physical thriller territory.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 out of Japan, the film taps into anxieties around online resale culture and the erosion of anonymity in digital marketplaces, a premise that feels distinctly of its moment. Kurosawa's reputation for restrained, dread-laden filmmaking gives the story an unusual texture, closer to a slow-burn character study than a conventional action thriller, even as its back half turns increasingly violent.
Where & how to watch
K-Time carries the film with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers flexibility in how they experience it. This page is free to browse, while streaming the film itself requires logging into a K-Time account, part of a platform built specifically around Persian-language film discovery for audiences abroad.