Tokyo Sonata

2008 · directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.

Tokyo Sonata (2008), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Teruyuki Kagawa
  • Kyoko Koizumi
  • Kai Inowaki
  • Yu Koyanagi
  • Haruka Igawa
  • Kanji Tsuda
  • Kazuya Kojima
  • Koji Yakusho
  • Takashi Kodama
  • Hajime Inoue

Crew

  • Akiko Ashizawa — Director of Photography
  • Kôichi Takahashi — Editor
  • Kazumasa Hashimoto — Original Music Composer
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa — Writer
  • Max Mannix — Writer
  • Sachiko Tanaka — Writer

More from Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  1. Cure (1997) — 78/100
  2. To the Ends of the Earth (2019) — 75/100
  3. Wife of a Spy (2020) — 74/100
  4. Séance (2004) — 73/100
  5. Creepy (2016) — 73/100
  6. Cloud (2024) — 73/100

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