Tokyo!

"Three tall tales. one big city."

Aug 16 2008 Unrated 1h 52m
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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.

Plot

Tokyo is a city of transitions in three short films. A young woman who finds her life useless experiences a metamorphosis. A disheveled Caucasian emerges from a manhole to face arrest, trial, and execution; he calls himself "Merde" and speaks a language only his look-alike attorney understands. Is he human? A recluse experiences human contact when a pizza-delivery girl faints at his door during an earthquake. He conquers fear to seek her out. A chair, a corpse, a hermit: sources of urban connection?

Written by

Michel Gondry, Gabrielle Bell, Leos Carax

Directed by

Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho

Production Countries

France, Japan, Germany, South Korea

Production Companies

Bitters End, Wild Bunch, ARTE France Cinéma, Backup Media, WDR/Arte, Comme des Cinémas, WOWOW, Picnic, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Coin Film, Kansai Television, Sponge Ent., VAP, Champion Top Investment, Asahi Broadcasting Company

Languages

Français, English

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
12,230
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA