Kiyoshi KUROSAWA 黒沢清
トウキョウソナタ
Nippon Cinema ª
Ryuhei, patriarch of an average Japanese middle-class family, suddenly gets fired from his job. In fear of losing his authority, he doesn’t tell anybody and still pretends to go to work. He wanders around the streets of Tokyo, not realizing the difficulties his family is going through in the meanwhile. Brilliant acting and stunning visuals make TOKYO SONATA by NIPPON HONOR AWARD recipient Kiyoshi KUROSAWA’s an outstanding family drama.
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トウキョウソナタ
日本 2008
119 分
About Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
黒沢清
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in Kobe in 1955, started his career as an assistant director for Shinji SOMAI, among others. He had his international breakthrough with CURE (1997 / NC ’16). He received the Prix Un Certain Regard in Cannes twice: for TOKYO SONATA (NC ’16) in 2008 and for JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (NC ’16) in 2015. Since 2005, he has been teaching at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2016, he received the NIPPON HONOR AWARD at the Nippon Connection Film Festival.