The first two segments suck both visually and in story.
The pacing is awful, the cinematography is awful and the stories themselves feel rather first drafty then anything else.
Unsuprisingly the 3rd and final segment wich is directed by bong joon-ho is so much better.
His segment doesn't feel like it was just put together in a day.
Tokyo!
Three tall tales. one big city.
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
8/16/2008Runtime
112 minsOverview
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
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$1,133,863Homepage
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Three wildly tonal vignettes that pivot from grotesque comedy to tender romance to body-horror surrealism, held together by Tokyo's indifferent geometry. It's the kind of film that feels like wandering through a fever dream city where the rules of tone and taste shift with each turn.
Mood
WhimsicalUnsettlingAbsurdRomanticContemplative
Themes
IsolationIdentityLoveComing apart
Pacing
Meditative
Look
Stylized genreHigh-contrast
Structure
Anthology
Heads up
Body horror
Ayako Fujitani
Hiroko (segment "Interior Design")
Ryo Kase
Akira (segment "Interior Design")
Ayumi Ito
Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
Nao Omori
Hiroshi (segment "Interior Design")
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Takeshi (segment "Interior Design")
Denden
Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")
Denis Lavant
Merde' (segment "Merde")
Jean-François Balmer
Maître Voland (segment "Merde")
Renji Ishibashi
Advocate General (segment "Merde")
Toshiyuki Kitami
Prosecutor (segment "Merde")
Kyusaku Shimada
Prison Director (segment "Merde")
Teruyuki Kagawa
Man (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
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