‘Tokyo!’ Trailer Is As Kinetic And Intriguing As The City Itself

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 3, 2009

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Anthology films are always a mixed bag.  It’s impossible to find one where each and every story shines, and invariably you’re stuck with sections of the films that you just don’t care about.  The new film Tokyo! is hoping to change that perception.  And from the looks of the new trailer, it just may have succeeded.

Bong Joon-ho (Memories of Murder) has only made three movies, but they’ve never been less than very good.  Michel Gondry (The Science of Sleep) can be hit and miss, but Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a masterpiece.  And Leos Carax (Pola X)?  Well I haven’t seen a single one of his films, so he’s the X factor here.  What’s especially interesting is that none of the three directors are Japanese.

The trailer itself looks fantastic.  It’s a great mix of enticing visuals and addictive music, and the core question about whether we change our surroundings or if the surroundings shape us is definitely intriguing.  Tokyo! opens in limited release on March 6th.

What do you think of the trailer?


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  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976060/

    nice!!!! Yoshiyoshi Arakawa is supposedly in the movie, and he's one of my most fave East Asian
    actors of all time. I'm drooling, man...
  • Patrick
    Im excited for this one, and I like the fact that they used a Tokyo Police Club song, I went to the same school as them.

    this looks really good.
  • JDDV
    Looks like an abstract, scattershot mess - and I'll love watching it.
  • DKC
    Hey Patrick, do you know the name of the song on the trailer?

    I must have watched this trailer a dozen times. ^_^
  • Steve
    The song's called "Be Good." You can find it here: http://www.daytrotter.com/article/564/free-songs-...
  • I love how bizarre this looks. The TOKYO POLICE CLUB song adds to the trailer and it's definitely interesting that they've included a non-Japanese director. It'll be neat to see how his view of Tokyo compares to the views of the other directors.
  • WTF was that.. im more interested in seeing how this film turns out..
  • Bobafet7
    Went to Tokyo Police Club's myspace, couldn't find the song, The good news is there coming to Atlanta so I'll just ask them in person.8)
  • Bobafet7
    or someone on here could tell me and DKC?
  • Boosh
    tokyo police club - be good
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