Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Tokyo! (2008)

Tokyo! poster
Original title
TOKYO!
Directed by
Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho, Michel Gondry
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea, Germany, France, Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 265 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three different directors each make a short film set in Tokyo. One story is about a couple trying to find their way in the city, one follows a strange creature who emerges from the sewers, and the last is about a shut-in whose world changes after a pizza delivery.

whimsicalsurrealunsettlingdarkly comicdreamlikeunevenabsurdmelancholic

What happens

Tokyo! is a 2008 comedy-drama anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors and filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "Shaking Tokyo" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?