Film
Tokyo Sonata
2008 · 2h · Drama
Every family has its secrets.
- IMDb
- 7.5
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94%
- Metacritic
- 80
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Overview
The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.
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Cast
Teruyuki Kagawa
Ryuhei Sasaki
Kyoko Koizumi
Megumi Sasaki
Kai Inowaki
Kenji Sasaki
Yu Koyanagi
Takashi Sasaki
Haruka Igawa
Kaneko
Kanji Tsuda
Kurosu
Kazuya Kojima
Mr. Kobayashi
Koji Yakusho
Robber
Takashi Kodama
Hajime Inoue
Tao Tsuchiya
Mika
Denden
Janitor
Yuya Takagawa
Ayako Sugiyama
Kazuki Namioka
Company Interviewer
Masayuki Itô
Crew
- Kiyoshi KurosawaDirector · Writer
- Sachiko TanakaWriter
- Max MannixWriter
- Raymond PhathanavirangoonProducer
- Wouter BarendrechtProducer
- Yukie KitoProducer
- Yasushi KotaniProducer
- Michael J. WernerProducer
- Akiko AshizawaDirector of Photography
- Kazumasa HashimotoOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 27, 2008
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- IIA
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $943,547
- Genres
- Drama
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