Two lonely Americans in Tokyo find unexpected, intimate connection and quiet joy amidst a foreign city's glow.
Melancholy and feel-good, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
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Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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