TOKYO!

Overview

Directed by:

Michel GONDRY Leos CARAX Joon Ho BONG

Country:

FRANCE, JAPAN, KOREA (South), GERMANY

Year:

2008

Duration:

110 minutes

Credits

Michel GONDRY

- Director

Masami INOMOTO

- Cinematography

Leos CARAX

- Director

Caroline CHAMPETIER

- Cinematography

Joon Ho BONG

- Director

Jun FUKUMOTO

- Cinematography

Actors

Yu AOI

- livreuse de pizza / FILM DE BONG

Jean-François BALMER

- MAITRE VOLAND / FILM DE L. CARAX

Ayako FUJITANI

- Hiroko / FILM DE M. GONDRY

Teruyuki KAGAWA

- l'homme / FILM DE BONG J.H

Ryo KASE

- Akira / FILM DE M. GONDRY

Denis LAVANT

- MERDE / FILM DE L.CARAX

Synopsis

Three short films (Interior Design, Merde and Shaking Tokyo) compose the movie.
Each segment is freely inspired by Tokyo and shot in the heart of the city.
"TOKYO!" is a symphony interpreted in three dissonant parts, reflecting the image of the metropolis.

"Interior Design" by Michel GONDRY : the surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy's ambition is clear - be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the imensity until the girl, feeling alone, discovers something strange …

"Merde" by Leos CARAX: a mysterious man spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. " The Creature of the Sewers " as the media have dubbed him, arouse passion or repulsion. He will be captured, judged and then…

"Shaking Tokyo" by BONG Joon-Ho: He is a hikikomori - like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world .When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo ?

Contacts and useful links

Production : COMME DES CINEMAS - Masa SAWADA & Michiko YOSHITAKE - 10, villa Laugier 75017 Paris - T : +33 1 44 29 74 00 - F : +33 1 44 29 74 01 - comme-des-cine@wanadoo.fr BITTERS END (JAPON) KANSAI TELECASTING CORPORATION (JAPON) SPONGE NET. INC. (COREE (Sud)) ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) COIN FILM (ALLEMAGNE) WDR (ALLEMAGNE)

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