Tokyo Sonata (2008)
| Release Date | 17 May 2008 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | Every family has its secrets. [USA release] |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | JapanNetherlandsHong Kong |
| Language | Japanese |
| Sound Mix | Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Family Drama |
| Mood | Only Human |
| Themes | Dysfunctional Families, Parenthood, Keeping a Secret, Schemes and Ruses |
| Tones | Austere |
| Tags | Disapproval, Father, Hostage, Janitor, Japan, Japanese [nationality], Life Choices, Pianist, Prodigy, Resignation [quitting], Thief |
is a 2008 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Teruyuki Kagawa
Ryûhei Sasaki
Yû Koyanagi
Takashi Sasaki
Kai Inowaki
Kenji Sasaki
Kazuya Kojima
Kobayashi-san
Jason Gray
Amerika no ashigaru
Director
Producer
Max Mannix
writer
Sachiko Tanaka
screenplay
Wouter Barendrecht
producer
Yukie Kito
producer
Yasushi Kotani
executive producer
Raymond Phathanavirangoon
associate producer
Michael J. Werner
executive producer
Original Music
Kazumasa Hashimoto
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Cinematographer
Akiko Ashizawa
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Editor
Koichi Takahashi
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Production Designer
Tomoyuki Maruo
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Tomoe Matsumoto
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Sound Department
Masayuki Iwakura
sound
Visual Effects
Shûji Asano
visual effects supervisor
Other Crew
Linda Hoaglund
subtitler: English
Production Company
Django Film
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Entertainment Farm (EF)
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Fortissimo Films
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Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
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PiX
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Distributor
A-Film Distribution
ARP Sélection
Cathay-Keris Films
Lusomundo
Maximum Film Distribution
Maximum Films
Palador Pictures
PiX
Regent Releasing
Sponge
United King Films
trigon-film
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A-Film Home Entertainment
E1 Entertainment
Eureka Entertainment
HBO Hungary
Koch Vision
Mega Star Video Distribution
Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
Miscellaneous
Dolby Laboratories
sound mix
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Tokyo Sonata
Asian Film Award for Best Film
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Tokyo Sonata
