Tokyo!

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  • Opened March 6, 2009 
  • 1 hr 52 min
  • Triptych feature telling three separate tales set in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo! centers on a man who has lived for 10 years as a hikikomori, (a term used in Japan for people unable to adjust to society and so they never leave their homes) and what happens when he falls in love one day with a pizza delivery girl. Tokyo! follows the story of a wannabe movie director who arrives in Tokyo with his girlfriend only to find that parts of her bones are turning into wood. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Ayumi Ito, Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer
  • Director: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-ho
  • Genres: Drama

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Tokyo! is a must-see for the Gondry segment, and a strange, diverting pleasure for the rest. Read full review

75
New York Post
| V.A. Musetto

Carax, who hadn't made a movie since "Pola X" in 1999 comes off best. Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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Perhaps it is inevitable as three foreign directors train their lenses on that unique island culture of the East that all three are propelled by fantasy or science fiction, and suggest more alienation from Tokyo than affection for the great city. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
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An experiment that rarely works this well. Read full review

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Ayako Fujitani as Hiroko and Ryo Kase as Akira in "Tokyo!"