MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO
synopsis
Ryu is a solitary girl whose fragile appearance is in stark contrast with the double life she leads, working nights at a Tokyo fish market and sporadically taking on jobs as a hit-woman. Mr Nagara is a powerful impresario mourning the loss of his daughter Midori, who has committed suicide. He blames David a Spaniard who runs a wine business in Tokyo. Mr Nagara's employee, Ishida, was silently in love with Midori and hires Ryu to murder David... A sound engineer, obsessed with the sound of the Japanese city and fascinated with Ryu, witnesses this love story which searches the shadows of the human soul, reaching deep into places where only silence has the power of eloquence.
international title: | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo |
original title: | Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo |
country: | Spain |
sales agent: | Imagina International Sales |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Isabel Coixet |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | ES 29/08/2009, DE 05/08/2010, FR 26/01/2011 |
screenplay: | Isabel Coixet |
cast: | Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka, Manabu Oshio, Takeo Nakahara, Hideo Sakaki |
cinematography by: | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
film editing: | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
art director: | Ryo Sugimoto |
costumes designer: | Tony Crosby |
producer: | Jaume Roures |
production: | The Mediapro Studio, Versátil Cinema |
distributor: | Alta Films, Alamode Film, Bodega Films |