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Tony Takitani

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Tony Takitani (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 49 Fresh: 44  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.4/10
 
Consensus: Despite its deceptive wispiness, this delicately lovely and melancholy film about loneliness has a haunting power. Despite its deceptive wispiness, this delicately lovely and melancholy film about loneliness has a haunting power. more
 
Runtime: 75 mins
Synopsis:
TONY TAKITANI is an eloquent, deftly told tale based on a short story published in The New Yorker, written by Japanese bestselling author Haruki Murakami (NORWEGIAN WOOD, KAFKA ON THE SHORE). Issey Ogata stars as the title character, a simple, undemanding mechanical draftsman who lives a... [More]
TONY TAKITANI is an eloquent, deftly told tale based on a short story published in The New Yorker, written by Japanese bestselling author Haruki Murakami (NORWEGIAN WOOD, KAFKA ON THE SHORE). Issey Ogata stars as the title character, a simple, undemanding mechanical draftsman who lives a lonely existence. His mother died shortly after he was born, and his father (also played by Ogata) is a jazz musician who is rarely around. But when Tony meets the young and beautiful Eiko (Miyazawa Rie), he falls for her instantly, despite their 15-year age difference. Their friendship slowly develops into love, and Tony soon discovers that Eiko is a shopaholic who cannot stop buying clothing. When tragedy strikes, Tony is forced to look at his life in a whole different way. Written and directed by Jun Ichikawa (RYOMA'S WIFE, HER HUSBAND AND HER LOVER), TONY TAKITANI is told in long scenes with little or no dialogue; sometimes the characters themselves finish parts of the narration, which is delivered by Hidetoshi Nishijima at a soft, deliberate pace. The intelligent script, which is extremely faithful to Murakami's original story, is accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's gorgeous, spare score and Hirokawa Taishi's stark, captivating cinematography. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Issey Ogata, Miyazawa Rie, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shinohara Takahumi, Shihodo Wataru

Director: Jun Ichikawa
Screenwriter: Jun Ichikawa
Producer: Ishida Motoki

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Release:

Oct 1, 2006

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DVD Features:

  • Full Frame

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  • Interactive Menus

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Ichikawa brilliantly captures Murakami's blend of whimsy, irony and melancholy, while finding intelligent and inventive ways to convert the author's verbal idiosyncrasies to a visual medium.

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This could reverently be called a model of minimalism, but I am more inclined to call it dull as dishwater.

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03/01/07 03:54 AM
David Noh
Film Journal International
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Filme de construção poética e delicada, encanta pelo tocante estudo de personagens e por discutir, através de seus quadros reveladores, temas complexos como a solidão, a natureza da memória, fetiches e obsessões.

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06/26/06 10:38 PM
Pablo Villaca
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An impressive achievement.

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05/12/06 03:16 AM
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review
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Jun Ichikawa's slight, lovely little drama understands the pleasure of seeing, using many quiet, patient takes to absorb its delicate visuals.

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04/21/06 08:15 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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embodies that lose-lose conundrum we all face: loneliness is painful, but finding and then losing love is just as bad

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01/31/06 09:25 AM
Don Willmott
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Ichikawa evokes the heady and suffocating effect of the past playing irrevocable catch-up with itself.

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01/14/06 04:12 AM
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
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It's a serene experience, letting the film wash over you and transport you into its isolated, melancholy little world.

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12/31/05 04:14 AM
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12/24/05 04:13 AM
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it's a hypnotic mood piece on love and loss, one that knows -- at 75 minutes -- not to overstay its welcome.

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12/16/05 04:42 PM
Marc Mohan
Oregonian
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The Japanese movie is tranquil, smoothly connecting its scenes with gradual pans from one image to the next, accompanied by spare music that sounds like early morning and loneliness.

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12/08/05 03:23 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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An ethereal modern fable without a moral, Tony Takatani seeps into the soul and lingers. For filmgoers in search of a quietly absorbing escape, it might be the perfect holiday-movie antidote.

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12/08/05 03:20 PM
Kristin Tillotson
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12/06/05 08:11 PM
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Though it falters as a narrative, Tony Takitani sticks in the mind with its poetic contemplativeness.

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11/04/05 04:34 PM
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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The pacing is reserved to the point of being funereal, and the Ryuishi Sakamoto score is likely to lull you to sleep.

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11/04/05 08:43 AM
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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