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Tokyo Sonata is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa released in USA on 13 march 2009 with Teruyuki Kagawa
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Tōkyō sonata
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 march 2009
Length 1h59
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
OriginJapon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Piano, Enfant musicien
Rating74%
Tokyo Sonata (トウキョウソナタ, Tōkyō Sonata) is a 2008 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.
Synopsis
Tokyo Sonata is about a middle-class family in Tokyo, the Sasakis, which consists of Ryūhei Sasaki, his wife Megumi, and their two sons Takashi and Kenji.Actors
Teruyuki Kagawa
(Ryuhei Sasaki)
Kyoko Koizumi
(Megumi Sasaki)
Kanji Tsuda
(Kurosu)
Igawa Haruka
(Miss Kaneko)
Kōji Yakusho
(Robber)
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