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TOKYO!
Un Certain Regard
- Directed by :
- Michel GONDRY Joon Ho BONG Leos CARAX
- Country:
- FRANCE, JAPAN, KOREA (South), GERMANY
- Year:
- 2008
- Duration:
- 110 minutes
Synopsis
Three short films (Interior Design, Merde and Shaking Tokyo) compose the movie.
Each segment is freely inspired by Tokyo and shot in the heart of the city.
"TOKYO!" is a symphony interpreted in three dissonant parts, reflecting the image of the metropolis.
"Interior Design" by Michel GONDRY : the surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy's ambition is clear - be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the imensity until the girl, feeling alone, discovers something strange …
"Merde" by Leos CARAX: a mysterious man spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. " The Creature of the Sewers " as the media have dubbed him, arouse passion or repulsion. He will be captured, judged and then…
"Shaking Tokyo" by BONG Joon-Ho: He is a hikikomori - like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world .When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo ?
Each segment is freely inspired by Tokyo and shot in the heart of the city.
"TOKYO!" is a symphony interpreted in three dissonant parts, reflecting the image of the metropolis.
"Interior Design" by Michel GONDRY : the surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy's ambition is clear - be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the imensity until the girl, feeling alone, discovers something strange …
"Merde" by Leos CARAX: a mysterious man spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. " The Creature of the Sewers " as the media have dubbed him, arouse passion or repulsion. He will be captured, judged and then…
"Shaking Tokyo" by BONG Joon-Ho: He is a hikikomori - like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world .When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo ?
Press kit download (pdf)
Credits
- Michel GONDRY - Director
- Joon Ho BONG - Director
- Leos CARAX - Director
- Caroline CHAMPETIER - Cinematography
- Jun FUKUMOTO - Cinematography
- Masami INOMOTO - Cinematography
Actors
- Yu AOI - livreuse de pizza / FILM DE BONG
- Jean-François BALMER - MAITRE VOLAND / FILM DE L. CARAX
- Ayako FUJITANI - Hiroko / FILM DE M. GONDRY
- Teruyuki KAGAWA - l'homme / FILM DE BONG J.H
- Ryo KASE - Akira / FILM DE M. GONDRY
- Denis LAVANT - MERDE / FILM DE L.CARAX
Contacts and useful links
Production
COMME DES CINEMAS - Masa SAWADA & Michiko YOSHITAKE - 10, villa Laugier 75017 Paris - T : +33 1 44 29 74 00 - F : +33 1 44 29 74 01 - comme-des-cine@wanadoo.fr
BITTERS END (JAPON)
KANSAI TELECASTING CORPORATION (JAPON)
SPONGE NET. INC. (COREE (Sud))
ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE)
COIN FILM (ALLEMAGNE)
WDR (ALLEMAGNE)
Distribution
HAUT ET COURT - Laurence Petit - 37, rue des Martyrs, 75009, Paris - T : +33 1 55 31 27 27 - F : +33 1 55 31 27 28 - distribution@hautetcourt.com - http://www.hautetcourt.com/
French press
LAURENCE GRANEC ET KARINE MÉNARD - Laurence GRANEC & Karine MENARD - 5 bis, rue Kepler 75116 Paris - T : +33 1 47 20 36 66 - F : +33 1 47 20 35 44 - lgranec@club-internet.fr
International press
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Foreign sales
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