TOKYO SONATA

Overview

Directed by:

KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

Country:

JAPAN

Year:

2008

Duration:

119 minutes

Awards:

Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard, 2008

Credits

KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

- Director

Akiko ASHIZAWA

- Cinematography

Koichi TAKAHASHI

- Film Editor

Sachiko TANAKA

- Screenplay

Kiyoshi KUROSAWA

- Screenplay

Actors

Haruka IGAWA

- Ms. Kaneko

Kai INOWAKI

- Kenji Sasaki

Teruyuki KAGAWA

- Ryuhei Sasaki

Kyoko KOIZUMI

- Megumi Sasaki

Yu KOYANAGI

- Taka Sasaki

Synopsis

TOKYO SONATA is a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. The father who abruptly loses his job conceals the truth from his family; the eldest son in college hardly returns home; the youngest son furtively takes piano lessons without telling his parents; and the mother, who knows deep down that her role is to keep the family together, cannot find the will to do so. From the exterior, all is normal and the same. But somehow, a single, unforeseeable chasm has appeared within the family, only to spread ever so quietly and quickly to disintegrate them.

Contacts and useful links

Production : ENTERTAINMENT FARM - Yuki Kito - Tokyo Shiodome Bldg. 21F 1-9-1 Higashi-shinbashi 105-7321 TOKYO JAPAN - T : +81368887037 - F : +81 3 6215 5354 - kito@efarm.co.jp - www.entertainmentfarm.biz

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