Tokyo Sonata

(2008)

Every family has its secrets

Ryûhei Sasaki is keeping a secret from his wife, Megumi and his two teenage sons. Even though he leaves the house every day, he's not really going to work. He's going to an employment office. He recently lost his job due to outsourcing, but is determined to find another position, all while supporting an old friend who is also out of work. But when Megumi accidentally finds out Ryûhei's secret and doesn't tell him, her trust in him, and their marriage, suffers.

73%

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Genre:

Drama

Runtime:

120 minutes

Country:

Japan

Languages:

Japanese

Top billed cast

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Unnamed

Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

Megumi Sasaki

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Ryuhei Sasaki

Haruka Igawa

Haruka Igawa

Ms. Kaneko

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Thief

Denden

Denden

Janitor

Yū Koyanagi

Yū Koyanagi

Takashi Sasaki

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Bartender

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Kenji Sasaki

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Kobayashi-san

Directed by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa