Tokyo Sonata (2008)
- Original title
- トウキョウソナタ
- Directed by
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- IIA
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 282 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle class family of four in Japan each quietly question their own lives and futures. The father loses his job but hides it from his family while the mother and sons pursue their own secret paths.
slow-burntensemelancholicbleakcontemplativeemotionally distantrestrainedcharacter-driven
What happens
Tokyo Sonata (Japanese: トウキョウソナタ) is a 2008 Japanese psychological drama film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It stars Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyōko Koizumi, Yū Koyanagi and Kai Inowaki as an emotionally distant middle-class family of four who all individually come to question their life choices and futures. Kanji Tsuda, Kōji Yakusho and Haruka Igawa co-star in supporting roles. Tokyo Sonata premiered in May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard, before a theatrical release in Japan on September 27. The film received positive reviews, won Best Film and Best Screenwriter at the 3rd Asian Film Awards, and was nominated for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Kiri no Hi (2008)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.