Adrift in Tokyo ( Tenten )

Adrift in Tokyo (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Tenten
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Satoshi Miki

Written By:
Yoshinaga Fujita
Satoshi Miki

Actors:
Jô Odagiri ..... Fumiya Takemura
Tomokazu Miura ..... Aiichiro Fukuhara
Kyôko Koizumi ..... Makiko
Yuriko Yoshitaka ..... Fufumi
Kumiko Asô ..... Mikaduki Shizuka
Eri Fuse ..... Sendai
Kami Hiraiwa ..... Naomi
Tomoko Hirata
Reona Hirota ..... Kaburagi
Yoshizumi Ishihara ..... Young Man of Jelly Shop
Mitsuko Ishii ..... Tatako
Ryô Iwamatsu ..... Kunimatsu
Ittoku Kishibe
Yutaka Matsushige ..... Tomobe
Sanae Miyata ..... Fukuhara's wife
Takashi Sasano ..... Middle-aged Matmaker
Takashi Tsumura ..... Owner of Watch Shop
Machiko Washio ..... Midde-aged Woman of Jelly Shop

Synopsis:

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship.

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 in for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey which will lead them to various unusual encounters, most of all with themselves.
Based on the original novel by Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita comes a fascinating, humorous and wildly clever film that is sure to charm you.

Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a 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. Based on the original novel by the 125th Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 February, 2014.

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