Tokyo Sonata
トウキョウソナタ
“ Every family has its secrets. ”
CINEMA2008-09-27
RegionJP / NL
Runtime120 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Kiyoshi Kurosawa crafts a gripping, darkly comic examination of contemporary middle-class anxiety, male shame, and fragile domestic balance.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
KEYWORDS
piano lessonsmiddle classfamily relationshipstokyojapanloss of joblosing a job
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