Kiyoshi KUROSAWA 黒沢清

Tokyo Sonata

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Ryuhei, patriarch of an average Japanese middle-class family, suddenly gets fired from his job. In fear of losing his authority, he doesn’t tell anybody and still pretends to go to work. He wanders around the streets of Tokyo, not realizing the difficulties his family is going through in the meanwhile. Brilliant acting and stunning visuals make TOKYO SONATA by NIPPON HONOR AWARD recipient Kiyoshi KUROSAWA’s an outstanding family drama.


Guests:
Yukie KITO

Wed., April 15, 2009, 19:30

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Studierendenhaus

In presence of the producer Yukie KITO

35mm, Original with English subtitles

Thu., April 16, 2009, 22:15

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Orfeos Erben Kino

In presence of the producer Yukie KITO

35mm, Original with English subtitles

トウキョウソナタ

Japan 2008

119 minutes

Director
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA

Script
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA

Cinematography
Akiko ASHIZAWA

About Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
黒沢清

Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in Kobe in 1955, began his career as an assistant director for veterans such as Shinji SOMAI. His international breakthrough came with CURE (1997 / NC ‘16). He won the Prix Un Certain Regard twice at the Cannes Film Festival: in 2008 for TOKYO SONATA (NC ‘16) and in 2015 for JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (NC ‘16). He also taught for 20 years at Tokyo University of the Arts in Yokohama. He received the NIPPON HONOR AWARD at the Nippon Connection Film Festival 2016.