Tokyo Lullaby
| Tokyo Lullaby | |
|---|---|
 Poster for Tokyo Lullaby. | |
| 東京夜曲 | |
| Directed by | Jun Ichikawa |
| Produced by | Tetsuo Satonaka |
| Written by | Shinsuke Sato |
| Starring |
Mitsuko Baisho Kaori Momoi Kyôzô Nagatsuka |
| Music by | Kazuto Shimizu |
| Cinematography | Tatsuhiko Kobayashi |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 Minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲) is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.
Plot
Koichi Hamanaka suddenly returns to the tightly knit community, a shopping district, in a corner of Tokyo that he once called home. His whereabouts and his activities over the past few years are a mystery to everyone, including his parents, and the wife and child he left behind. His wife Hisako is torn between her love for him and her attempt to overcome the pain she suffered when he deserted them. Tami Osawa, Hamanaka's former lover, runs the shop in the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, Asakura, a writer who has taken a liking to Hisako, starts to look into the past to try to find out why Hisako could have married a man like Hamanaka. In doing so, he comes across details from Tami's life. As the past resurfaces and unravels, Koichi, Hisako and Tami's lives are irrevocably affected. [1]
Cast
- Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi Hamanaka
- Kaori Momoi as Tami Ohsawa
- Mitsuko Baisho as Hisako Hamanaka
- Satoko Abe as Tomomi Ito
- Kyoko Asagiri as Tami's step mother
- Tokue Hanazawa as Asakura's father
- Koba Hayashi as Hamanaka's father
- Takaya Kamikawa as Sadaji Asakawa
- Reiko Nanao as Hamanaka's mother
- Akira Oizumi as Tomomi's father
Awards and nominations
22nd Hochi Film Award[2]
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho
40th Blue Ribbon Awards
- Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho
- Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho
- Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho
References
- ↑ "Tokyo Lullaby". Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-19.