Tokyo!
| Tokyo! | |
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Japanese theatrical poster
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| Directed by |
Michel Gondry Leos Carax Bong Joon-ho |
| Produced by | Michiko Yoshitake Masa Sawada |
| Written by | Michel Gondry Gabrielle Bell Leos Carax Bong Joon-ho |
| Based on |
Cecil and Jordan in New York by Gabrielle Bell ("Interior Design") |
| Starring |
Ayako Fujitani Ryō Kase Denis Lavant Jean-François Balmer Teruyuki Kagawa Yū Aoi |
| Music by | Étienne Charry Lee Byung-woo |
| Cinematography | Masami Inomoto Caroline Champetier Jun Fukumoto |
| Edited by | Nelly Quettier Jeff Buchanan |
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Production
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Comme des Cinémas
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| Distributed by | Liberation Entertainment |
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Running time
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107 minutes |
| Country | France Japan South Korea Germany |
| Language |
Japanese French |
| Box office | $1,189,862 |
Tokyo! is a 2008 French/Japanese/South Korean/German anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors, all of which were filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "Shaking Tokyo".
Directed by Michel Gondry. It is an adaptation of the short story comic "Cecil and Jordan in New York" by Gabrielle Bell.
Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryō Kase) are a young couple from the provinces staying in Tokyo with limited funds and short-term lodging. They appear to have a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry each other through any challenge. Akira is an aspiring filmmaker whose debut feature will soon screen in the city — and hopefully lead to a more solid career; in the interim, he lands work wrapping gifts at a local department store. The couple managed to secure short-term housing in the cramped studio apartment of old school chum, Akemi (Ayumi Ito). Unfortunately Akemi's demanding boyfriend grows weary of Akemi's house guests leading Hiroko to hit the streets of Tokyo in search of another suitable apartment. Hiroko only managed to find a series of rat-infested hovels that neither she nor Akira can afford on their limited salaries. After Akira's film screens to dubious acclaim, one spectator informs Hiroko of the inherent struggles in relationships between creative types: often, one half of the couple would feel invisible, useless, or unappreciated. Hiroko relates to these feelings wholeheartedly in the wake of her numerous trials and tribulations in the unfamiliar city of Tokyo, and starts to question her role in the relationship. Hiroko wakes up one morning and sees a small hole where light is going through her. When she goes to the bathroom and unbuttons her shirt, she's shocked to see a hand sized hole in her chest with a wooden pole down the middle. As she walks down the street, the hole gets bigger and stumbling as both her feet turn to wooden poles. Eventually Hiroko is turned into a chair, only her jacket is left hanging on the back. People walking past are unmindful of the chair's presence.
Directed by Léos Carax.
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