IV Riga International Fantasy Film Festival
27th of February - 8th of March, 2009
Tokyo!
Tokyo!
France, Japan, South Korea, Germany 2008, 110 min
Director/s: Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Joon Ho Bong
Cast: Yu Aoi, Jean-Francois Balmer, Ayako Fujitani, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryo Kase, Denis Lavant
Sales: Wild Bunch

Three visionary films about Tokyo from three directors – Bong Joon-Ho (Memories of Murder, The Host), Leos Carax (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, Mauvais sang) and Michel Gondry (The Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). All shot in Tokyo, and each inspired by Tokyo.

Interior Design by Michel Gondry: a surreal fable of a young couple who move to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy’s ambition is clear – be a filmmaker- the girl drifts, gradually losing control over her life.

Merde by Leos Carax: a mysterious man spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. The city’s population becomes obsessed by this strange phenomenon.

Shaking Tokyo by Bong Joon-Ho: he is one of  Japan’s many hikikomori – citizens who have withdrawn from all contact with the outside world. When a pizza delivery girl faints in his apartment during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens – the man falls in love.

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The film will be screened:

Date and timeCinemaScreen languageSubtitle language
03.03.2009 18:00CinamonJp,FrE
04.03.2009 17:30K. SunsJp,FrE
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