Release Date

September, 27th, 2008

Running Time

119 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Dolby SR

[ Directed by ]

• KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

[ Produced by ]

• KITO Yukie
• Wouter BARENDRECHT

[ Cast ]

• KAGAWA Teruyuki ── SASAKI Ryuhei
• KOIZUMI Kyoko ── SASAKI Megumi
• YAKUSHO Koji

[ Staff ]

• Max MANNIX ── Screenplay
• KUROSAWA Kiyoshi ── Screenplay
• TANAKA Sachiko ── Screenplay
• ASHIZAWA Akiko ── Cinematography
• ICHIKAWA Tokuju ── Lighting
• HASHIMOTO Kazumasa ── Music
• IWAKURA Masayuki ── Sound Mixer
• TAKAHASHI Koichi ── Editor
• MARUO Tomoyuki ── Production Design
• MATSUMOTO Tomoe ── Production Design

[ Production Company ]

Fortissimo Films/ TOKYO SONATA Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

PiX

[ Production Studio ]

NIKKATSU, DJANGO FILM

[ Story ]

Winner of the Jury Prize in ‘Un Certain Regard' section at the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival. Kurosawa Kiyoshi, well known at film festivals across the globe, has created a family drama which exposes modern society in Japan based on a screenplay by Max Mannix from Australia.
An ordinary family of four lives in a small house along a railway in Tokyo. Then one day, Sasaki Ryuhei (Kagawa Teruyuki) abruptly loses his job at a major corporation. Unable to tell his wife, Megumi (Koizumi Kyoko), he leaves home every morning pretending to go to work. Megumi keeps up an appearance of a gentle mother who makes doughnuts for her children, but is bored with her daily life. Her second son, Kenji (Inowaki Kai), who is in the 6th year at primary school, secretly starts going to piano lessons, whilst her eldest, Takashi (Koyanagi Yu), who is a college student spending most of his time doing part-time jobs, joins the American armed forces. When Kenji returns home one day, the house is turned upside down and there is no one at home.

[ Official Site ]

http://tokyosonata.com

[ Premiere ]

World Premiere: Cannes International Film Festival

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Hochi Film Awards 2008 Best Actress Award
Yamaji Fumiko Awards 2008 Actress Award
Asiatica Film Mediale 2008 NETPAC Jury Prize
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2008 Silver Astor for Best Director
Chicago International Film Festival 2008 Grand Jury Prize
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2008 Best Film
Cannes International Film Festival 2008 Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard section

[ Contact (International) ]

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