Kiyoshi KUROSAWA 黒沢清
Tokyo Sonata
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
Japan 2008
119 minutes
Production
Entertainment Farm, Fortissimo Films
Distribution
Telepool
Cast
Teruyuki KAGAWA, Kyoko KOIZUMI, Yu KOYANAGI, Kai INOWAKI, Koji YAKUSHO
About Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
黒沢清
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in Kobe in 1955, began his career as an assistant director for veterans such as Shinji SOMAI. His international breakthrough came with CURE (1997 / NC ‘16). He won the Prix Un Certain Regard twice at the Cannes Film Festival: in 2008 for TOKYO SONATA (NC ‘16) and in 2015 for JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (NC ‘16). He also taught for 20 years at Tokyo University of the Arts in Yokohama. He received the NIPPON HONOR AWARD at the Nippon Connection Film Festival 2016.