Buy Tokyo Sonata on DVD

Tokyo Sonata

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Synopsis

The Sasakis are your typical middle-class family of four headed by salaryman Ryuhei (Kagawa Teruyuki). When he suddenly loses his job, Ryuhei hides the truth from his family and passes each day in lies, dressing in his suit as if he were heading to work. He becomes increasingly estranged from his two sons, each with secrets of his own. Disillusioned and angry at the world, older son Takashi (Koyanagi Yu) makes the drastic decision to join the US army. Younger son Kenji (Inowaki Kai) is secretly taking piano lessons with his lunch money despite his father's disapproval. Quietly watching her husband and children drift apart, housewife Megumi (Koizumi Kyoko) is too tired to stop her family from unraveling.

3 Reasons To buy this film

A welcome departure from director acclaimed Kiyoshi Kurosawa's usual J-horror fare.
Beautiful cinematography and music (you'd expect that with the title, huh?).
Down-to-earth analysis of a working class family in crisis with a worldwide, uplifting message.