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Adrift in Tokyo

Original title: Tenten
  • 20072007
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.7K
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Tenten (2007)
  • Comedy
Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack... Read allTakemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on... Read allTakemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or el... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Satoshi Miki
  • Writers
    • Yoshinaga Fujita(novel)
    • Satoshi Miki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joe Odagiri
    • Tomokazu Miura
    • Kyôko Koizumi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Satoshi Miki
  • Writers
    • Yoshinaga Fujita(novel)
    • Satoshi Miki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joe Odagiri
    • Tomokazu Miura
    • Kyôko Koizumi
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    • 11User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi, Tomokazu Miura, and Joe Odagiri in Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi and Yuriko Yoshitaka in Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi, Tomokazu Miura, Joe Odagiri, and Yuriko Yoshitaka in Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi and Yuriko Yoshitaka in Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi and Joe Odagiri in Tenten (2007)
    Kyôko Koizumi, Tomokazu Miura, and Joe Odagiri in Tenten (2007)

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    Joe Odagiri
    Joe Odagiri
    • Fumiya Takemuraas Fumiya Takemura
    Tomokazu Miura
    Tomokazu Miura
    • Aiichiro Fukuharaas Aiichiro Fukuhara
    Kyôko Koizumi
    Kyôko Koizumi
    • Makikoas Makiko
    Yuriko Yoshitaka
    • Fufumias Fufumi
    Kumiko Asô
    Kumiko Asô
    • Mikaduki Shizukaas Mikaduki Shizuka
    Eri Fuse
    Eri Fuse
    • Sendaias Sendai
    Kami Hiraiwa
    • Naomias Naomi
    Tomoko Hirata
    Leona Hirota
    Leona Hirota
    • Kaburagias Kaburagi
    • (as Reona Hirota)
    Yoshizumi Ishihara
    • Young Man of Jelly Shopas Young Man of Jelly Shop
    Mitsuko Ishii
    • Tatakoas Tatako
    Ryô Iwamatsu
    • Kunimatsuas Kunimatsu
    Akiko Kazami
    • Old Lady Walking Backwardsas Old Lady Walking Backwards
    Ittoku Kishibe
    • Selfas Self
    Miyuki Komagata
    Yutaka Matsushige
    Yutaka Matsushige
    • Tomobeas Tomobe
    Sanae Miyata
    • Fukuhara's wifeas Fukuhara's wife
    Maaya Murasaki
    • Young Naomias Young Naomi
    • Director
      • Satoshi Miki
    • Writers
      • Yoshinaga Fujita(novel)
      • Satoshi Miki(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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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, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship. —Nicolas Archambault for Fantasia Film Festival
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      Fumiya Takemura: Happiness creeps into you so quietly that you don't notice, but misfortune arrives very abruptly.

    User reviews11

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    7/10
    Quirky comedy similar to "Amelie"; could use some refinement
    Watched this movie, a comedy, with my wife on AsianCrush last night. We both really enjoyed it! The film's premise is quite odd -- a loanshark named Fukuhara offers to forgive the debt of a young man (named Fumira), if Fumira simply walks across Tokyo with him. Why is Fumira in debt, in the first place? It's never explained, and it doesn't matter. A lot in this movie is never quite explained, it just sort of happens. Just when you think you have a bead on where the story might be going (for example, did Fukuhara REALLY kill his wife, as he says?) -- a bizarre character or plot twist appears. You get the sense that maybe the director was trying to make a Japanese version of "Amelie", and it almost works. There are some items in the movie that don't quite fit, or miss their mark (Fukuhara has ominous coughing fits in the first half of the movie, but they disappear completely in the second half).... but overall, the movie is never boring or slow, and the main characters seem to have genuine chemistry between them.
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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2007 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 轉轉
    • Production companies
      • Style Jam
      • Geneon Entertainment
      • Zak Corp.
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $79,400
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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