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Kurosawa is the rare director who simply lets his film dissolve into music, allowing the plot to take the film naturally to a musical conclusion.
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
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Tokyo Sonata
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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Fresh
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa cut his teeth on horror movies, and his flattened, formal style mines the horror in everyday urban life.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Kurosawa's first domestic drama is music to general audience's ears.
Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
A skilful and continually surprising drama, Tokyo Sonata depicts the gradual deterioration of an ordinary Japanese family after its breadwinner loses his job owing to corporate downsizing.
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
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The film transcends conventions of genre and cultural boundaries, and turns out to be one of the most compelling, finely orchestrated and oddly enchanting films of the year so far.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
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