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Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

2008 2h 0m · Drama · ★ 7.4

Tokyo Sonata

Every family has its secrets.

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.

Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writer Sachiko Tanaka

Writer Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Top Billed Cast

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Ryuhei Sasaki

Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

Megumi Sasaki

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Kenji Sasaki

Yu Koyanagi

Yu Koyanagi

Takashi Sasaki

Haruka Igawa

Haruka Igawa

Kaneko

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Kurosu

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Mr. Kobayashi

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Robber

Takashi Kodama

Takashi Kodama

Hajime Inoue

Hajime Inoue

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Mika

Denden

Denden

Janitor

Yuya Takagawa

Yuya Takagawa

Ayako Sugiyama

Ayako Sugiyama

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Company Interviewer

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Status Released

Original Language ja

Budget $2,000,000

Revenue $943,547

Keywords

piano lessons middle class family relationships tokyo, japan loss of job losing a job