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Tokyo Sonata
Every family has its secrets.
Every family has its secrets.
Drama - 2008
Tokyo Sonata
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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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Details

Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
27 Sep 2008
Country:
JP, NL
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$2,000,000
Revenue:
$943,547
Awards:
10 wins & 10 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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,
17 Jul 2009
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,
9 Jul 2009
fresh:
Kurosawa's first domestic drama is music to general audience's ears.
– Maggie Lee,
Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jun 2009
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,
26 Jun 2009
fresh:
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,
25 Jun 2009
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