Tokyo Sonata Archives - The Playlist

The Playlist’s Best Films Of 2009 (*Editor’s Picks Only)

January 20, 2010 5:45 pm

Getting a definitive top 10 out of the Playlist team is hard.There's a lot of differing opinions and some writers, due to their locations (we've got people in the U.K., Australia, Canada and U.S. places other t...

Box Office Options March 13-15: ‘Alexander The Last,’ ‘Sunshine Cleaning,’ Last House On The Left,’ ‘Race To Witch Mountain’

Seth Valentine

March 13, 2009 11:07 am

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Well, March 6th has come and gone and "Watchmen" won the weekend to the surprise of no one. Television, the Internet, newspapers and almost every other outlet where people can put words have spent the week wei...

Review: The Extraordinary Family Horrors Of ‘Tokyo Sonata’

Rodrigo Perez

March 12, 2009 6:28 pm

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This review originally ran during the New York Film Festival. The film comes out this weekend in limited release.We're not sure we've ever seen anything quite like "Tokyo Sonata," (at least not in a long minute...

English-Language ‘Tokyo Sonata’ Trailer Finally Arrives

Rodrigo Perez

December 29, 2008 7:29 pm

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One of the best films we saw this year, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moving, strange and absurdist family drama, "Tokyo Sonata," finally has an English-Language trailer.The film is now set for a March 13, 2009 release vi...

The Golden Globes Announce Their Best Foreign Films Nominees List

Rodrigo Perez

December 3, 2008 2:58 pm

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It's a lot of what you'd expect, but that's ok. Foreign Films nominated by the Golden Globes include Cannes-lauded fare like, "The Class" (France), "Waltz With Bashir (Israel)," "Gomorrah," "Il Divo," (both f...

‘Tokyo Sonata’ Comes Out March 13, 2009; Kurosawa Not Tackling Horror Anymore?

Rodrigo Perez

December 2, 2008 3:48 pm

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One of our favorite films of the year, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's (no relation to Akira) "Tokyo Sonata" will open in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, March 13, 2009 followed by a national roll out. We saw the bewitc...

New York Film Festival: That’s A Wrap

Rodrigo Perez

October 13, 2008 7:32 pm

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We burned the candle at both ends in the home stretch of the 46th Annual New York Film Festival, didn't have a life and didn't get much sleep, but it was worth it. We felt like it was like being at Cannes, we s...

More International NYFF Trailers: “The Class,’ ‘Tony Manero’ & ‘Tokyo Sonata’

Rodrigo Perez

October 9, 2008 5:03 am

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While we were thinking about other New York Film Festival pictures we had seen and images for the films, we had realized we'd never really posted trailers for "The Class," "Tony Manero" or "Tokyo Sonata" three ...

The New York Film Festival Starts Today

Rodrigo Perez

September 26, 2008 4:05 pm

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The 46th annual New York Film Festival starts proper today for the public and we've got to say, the line-up is stellar. It might not have gigantic names attached to it, but so what, we've some of the best films...

NYFF: The Extraordinary Family Horrors Of ‘Tokyo Sonata’

Rodrigo Perez

September 26, 2008 2:05 pm

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We're not sure we've ever seen anything quite like "Tokyo Sonata," the extraordinary new film from Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no, not related). Best known for his contributions to the J-horror genre, '...

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