Adrift in Tokyo

– Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 41 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Original Name:
転々
Adrift in Tokyo (2007) - Also known as 転々

Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to walk with him across Tokyo to the police station of Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself in for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey which will lead them to various unusual encounters, most of all with themselves.

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Adrift in Tokyo (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Nov 2007

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Satoshi Miki

Writer:

Yoshinaga Fujita (novel), Satoshi Miki (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Joe Odagiri, Tomokazu Miura, Kyôko Koizumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka

Plot:

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship.

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination.

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Style Jam

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10