Tokyo!

Tokyo!

2008 · 112 min · JA · NR · 6.9 (276 votes)
Dir. Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry · Starring Ayako Fujitani, Denis Lavant, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryo Kase, Jean-François Balmer, Yu Aoi · Music Étienne Charry

“Three tall tales. one big city.”

ComedyDramaFantasyRomance

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

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A surreal and quirky anthology that dives into the absurdities of Tokyo life. Expect bizarre transformations and unexpected encounters that feel both dreamlike and unsettling, offering a unique, offbeat cinematic journey.

quirkysurrealwhimsicalunsettlingsteadyanthologyarthousemagical realismurban alienationtransformationabsurdity
anthologytokyo, japanmultiple storylines