ADRIFT IN TOKYO will start its theatrical run in Toronto on May 1st with a Japanese w/ English subtitles copy at the AMC Yonge & Dundas theatre.
The film will only be showing for two weeks, then it will move on to Vancouver, so if you want to see it on the big screen before its DVD release, it now or never! Don’t put it off!
Of course, it’s the 1st week-end box-office that counts, so please put a cinema date on your agenda for May 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
Adrift in Tokyo - Joe Odagiri comedy - trailer NYAFF 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avc3R9KERHI
Event listing
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=74552718912&ref=ts
Synopsis
Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to walk with him across Tokyo to the police station of Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey as life wanders on. Based on the original novel by Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita comes a fascinating and humorous film capturing various encounters on a walking trip across Tokyo.
Credits
Actors: Jô Odagiri (Retribution, Shinobi, Hazard) / Tomokazu Miura (Always - Sunset on Third Street, Survive Style 5+, The Taste of Tea) / Kyôto Koizumi (Tokyo Sonata, Sakuran, Survive Style 5+)
Director: Satoshi Miki (Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers, In the Pool)
Cinematography: Souhei Tanigawa (Love Exposure, Noriko's Dinner Table)
Festivals
Udine Far East Film Festival
New York Asian Film Festival
Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival - Closing Film
Ottawa mCritic, Inside E Online, Ottawa Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, The Village Voice, Toronto Film Screening, Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, Twichfilm, VarietyFilm Festival / Festival du film de l’Outaouais
Critiques / Reviews
“Satoshi Miki makes a Masterpiece. ...Miki puts together a great comedy from start to finish.”
Mark Schilling, The Japan Times
****
“Together, (Odagiri & Miura) make for good cinematic company. Their trip through Tokyo shows us the city from a perspective we may not have seen and reminds us that the world is full of small and large beauties...”
Jay Seaver, eFilmCritic
***
“... has the kind of low-key, effortless charm that most movies sweat for. ... it is a masterpiece of throwaway lines and little oddities. This is a lovely film that should not be missed.”
David Austin, Cinema Strikes Back
“...one of the five best films in the world for 2008. It’s just as good on second viewing. ...a meandering, quirky and surprisingly beautiful piece of work that perfectly balances humour and emotion.”
Todd Brown, Twichfilm
“...a droll charmer. ... gently but heartily amusing throughout...”
Russell Edwards, Variety
“... a comic stroll that is indeed aimless, but consciously, introspectively, and out-of-left-field hilariously so.”
Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice
“...before I knew it I was hooked in and in step with two characters as they lead me on a walking tour of Tokyo and their pasts.”
Emer Schlosser, Inside E Online
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