Tokyo biyori (1997)

This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

Director:

Naoto Takenaka

Writers:

Nobuyoshi Araki (story), Ryô Iwamatsu

Stars:

Naoto Takenaka, Miho Nakayama, Nobuyoshi Araki

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Naoto Takenaka	...	Mikio Shimazu
Miho Nakayama	...	Yoko Shimazu
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nobuyoshi Araki	...	Train conductor
Tadanobu Asano
Shiho Fujimura
Masahiro Kiyota
Yoshiko Kuga
Takako Matsu	...	Mizutani
Tomokazu Miura	...	Sotooka
Yoshimitsu Morita
Miyuki Nakajima	...	Bar hostess
Hideo Nakata
Satsuki Natsukawa
Gô Rijû
Kotobuki Shiriagari

Storyline

An enchanting look at the lives of a Japanese couple, based on the real-life diary extracts of the husband. He is a slightly offbeat photographer, a profession that grew out of his publishing a book of portraits of Yoko, his pretty wife, to whom he is devoted but doesn't entirely understand. She is highly strung, in fact a little off-balance, particularly as she forces her maternal attentions on neighbour's 8 year-old boy. The story is largely told in retrospect, after Yoko's death, and includes a variety of friends and incidental characters.

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Plot Keywords:

wife | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Himawari
Written and Performed by Taeko Ohnuki
Orchestra adaptation by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Available on Toshiba EMI Records

User Reviews

Good feeling

This is a very good movie, the actors are very good. This movie have a good feeling.

(poor English:-)

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 October 1997 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Tokyo Fair Weather

Filming Locations:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Burning Productions, From First Production Co., Fuji Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color