Movie·2008·2h 0m
Tokyo Sonata
Every family has its secrets.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: トウキョウソナタ
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.
Written By
Sachiko Tanaka, Max Mannix
Producer
Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Wouter Barendrecht
Cinematography
Akiko Ashizawa
Music
Kazumasa Hashimoto
Editor
Kôichi Takahashi
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Region: US
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// cast
Cast
Teruyuki Kagawa
Ryuhei Sasaki
Kyoko Koizumi
Megumi Sasaki
Kai Inowaki
Kenji Sasaki
Yu Koyanagi
Takashi Sasaki
Haruka Igawa
Kaneko
Kanji Tsuda
Kurosu
Kazuya Kojima
Mr. Kobayashi
Koji Yakusho
Robber
Takashi Kodama
Hajime Inoue
Tao Tsuchiya
Mika
Denden
Janitor
Yuya Takagawa
Ayako Sugiyama
Kazuki Namioka
Company Interviewer
Masayuki Itô
Kenji Kawahara
Toshiyuki Kitami
// crew
Crew
Sachiko Tanaka
Writer
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Director, Writer
Max Mannix
Writer
Raymond Phathanavirangoon
Producer
Wouter Barendrecht
Producer
Yukie Kito
Producer
Yasushi Kotani
Producer
Michael J. Werner
Producer
Kôichi Takahashi
Editor
Akiko Ashizawa
Director of Photography
Kazumasa Hashimoto
Original Music Composer
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