Tokyo!
Director: Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, Léos Carax
Genre: Anthology, Romance Film, World cinema, Romantic drama, Comedy, Drama, Japanese Movies
Year: 2008
Country: Japan, France, South Korea
Language: Japanese Language, French Language
Starring: Ayako Fujitani, Teruyuki Kagawa, Denis Lavant, Yû Aoi, Ryo Kase, Jean-François Balmer, Ayumi Ito, Julie Dreyfus, Naoto Takenaka, Nao Ōmori, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Tokyo! is a 2008 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 and Akira (Ayako Fujitani and Ryō Kase) are a young couple from the provinces who arrive in Tokyo with limited funds, short-term lodging and what appears to be a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry them 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. After securing short-term housing in the cramped studio apartment of old school chum Akemi (Ayumi Ito) — a career girl with a demanding boyfriend who grows weary of Akemi's houseguests — Hiroko hits the streets of Tokyo in search of a suitable apartment, finding a series of rat-infested hovels that neither she nor Akira can afford on their limited
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