In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Kôichi Ôhori
- Taxi Driver
- (as Kouichi Ohori)
Ryota Nakanishi
- Student
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the late 1990s Abbas Kiarostami was driving late at night while on a visit to Tokyo and witnessed a young girl on the side of the street dressed as a bride. In the years following, while visiting Tokyo to promote other films, he realized that he was always looking for that same girl because she had left such an impression but that he would never likely notice her again in real life because she wouldn't be wearing the same dress. This experience became the basis for the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (2012)
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A vignette of some pretty sad people whose lives intersect in awkward ways over the course of a day. There's an escort/prostitute (Rin Takanashi), who isn't able to see the grandmother who's made a special trip to Tokyo to meet her, because she's going off to meet a client old enough to be her grandfather (Tadashi Okuno). He's a widower who used to teach, and struggles to get her to do the things he planned - drink some wine, eat the food he prepared, and talk - as instead she just wants to go to sleep. Then there's her troubled boyfriend (Ryo Kase), a guy who's in love with her but senses her distance and suspects she's up to something, heightening his jealousy and clinginess. He actually meets the older man the following day and assumes he's her grandfather, resulting in a strained conversation where he gets some advice. Even the nosy neighbor (Mihiko Suzuki) tells of how her love was unrequited and she's now cooped up, caring for her disabled brother.
They're all a bit broken, each in their own way, and yet Kiarostami allows each to engage in thoughtful dialogue that shows their humanity, and that they're not simply objects of pity. It's in those moments that I liked the film the most. I have to say, though, that its quiet style lagged a bit as it played out, and the ending was rather abrupt and unresolved. The quality of the filmmaking was high, and I could really feel myself on the streets of Tokyo at night and in the heads of these people, but the story wasn't particularly compelling to me, so I was left feeling it was a near miss.
They're all a bit broken, each in their own way, and yet Kiarostami allows each to engage in thoughtful dialogue that shows their humanity, and that they're not simply objects of pity. It's in those moments that I liked the film the most. I have to say, though, that its quiet style lagged a bit as it played out, and the ending was rather abrupt and unresolved. The quality of the filmmaking was high, and I could really feel myself on the streets of Tokyo at night and in the heads of these people, but the story wasn't particularly compelling to me, so I was left feeling it was a near miss.
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- Also known as
- The End
- Filming locations
- Shizuoka, Japan(Shizuoka Station)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $239,056
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,813
- Feb 17, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $562,878
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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