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Writers:
Yoshinaga Fujita (novel)
Satoshi Miki (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 November 2007 (Japan) more
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Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words... more | add synopsis
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3 wins more
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somewhat obvious, but effective and moving nonetheless. luck can change. more (5 total)

Cast

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Jô Odagiri ... Fumiya Takemura
Tomokazu Miura ... Aiichiro Fukuhara
Kyôko Koizumi ... Makiko
Yuriko Yoshitaka ... Fufumi
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Kumiko Asô ... Mikaduki Shizuka
Eri Fuse ... Sendai
Kami Hiraiwa ... Naomi
Tomoko Hirata
Reona Hirota ... Kaburagi
Yoshizumi Ishihara ... Young Man of Jelly Shop
Mitsuko Ishii ... Tatako
Ryo Iwamatsu ... Kunimatsu
Ittoku Kishibe
Yutaka Matsushige ... Tomobe
Sanae Miyata ... Fukuhara'ss wife
Takashi Sasano ... Middle-aged Matmaker
Takashi Tsumura ... Owner of Watch Shop
Machiko Washio ... Midde-aged Woman of Jelly Shop
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Also Known As:
Adrift in Tokyo (International: English title) (festival title)
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Japan:101 min
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
somewhat obvious, but effective and moving nonetheless. luck can change., 24 October 2008
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Author: Tom Rowsell from United Kingdom

Adrift in Tokyo is a heart warming comic drama about luck, a common theme in Japanese cinema, but interesting nonetheless. The film's protagonist Takemura is a law student with a debt to pay off, a debt collector named Fukuhara who visits his house and threatens him, offers him a way out, all he has to do is walk the streets with him. The untrusting relationship changes as the two learn more about each other, it has the feel of a road movie, with the friendship developing between the two men, with the underlying theme of luck shaping their futures, Fukuhara lost his child and Takemura was abandoned by his parents as a child, they end up posing as Father and son and gradually Takemura realises his luck is changing. This sentimental and somewhat obvious male-bonding plot is held aloft by hilarious secondary characters, unlikely comic scenarios and the beautiful cinematography that captures the full range of Tokyo's landscape and atmosphere. Uplifting, thought provoking and at times very amusing.

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