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Synopsis

Set in contemporary Tokyo, "Tokyo Sonata" is a story of an ordinary Japanese family of four. The father, Ryuhei Sasaki, like any other Japanese businessman, is faithfully devoted to his work. His wife, Megumi, left on her own to manage the house, struggles to retain a bond with her oldest son in college, Takashi, and the youngest, Kenji, a sensitive boy in elementary school. From the exterior the family is seemingly normal, save for the tiny schisms that exist within.

The quiet unraveling of the family begins when Ryuhei loses his job unexpectedly. Facing completely unfamiliar circumstances, he decides not to tell his family and begins his lonely sojourn into the world of the secretly unemployed. Along with many other businessmen who save face by concealing their shameful reality from family and friends, Ryuhei begins to depart each day for work, when, in fact, he kills time in libraries and parks. His lies and torment go unnoticed by Takashi, who becomes increasingly despondent and alienated from his family, and Megumi, who can no longer summon the will to keep her family together.

Meanwhile, Kenji's journey begins to mirror his father's solitary plight. While Ryuhei vehemently refuses to allow Kenji to play the piano, he nevertheless finds a way to take clandestine piano lessons by using his school lunch money for lesson fees. What began as lies created as means to survive in a society increasingly unable to communicate, gradually lead the family into unforeseeable destruction.

Cast

Teruyuki Kagawa		Ryuhei Sasaki
Kyoko Koizumi		Megumi Sasaki
Yu Koyanagi		Takashi Sasaki
Kai Inowaki		Kenji Sasaki
Haruka Igawa		Ms. Kaneko
Kanji Tsuda
Jason Gray		American Soldier

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
3/13/2009	54		$28,345		2	$14,173	$28,345	3
3/20/2009	63		$14,763	-47.92%	2	$7,382	$56,103	10
3/27/2009	47		$38,735	+162.38%	10	$3,874	$103,045	17
4/3/2009	60		$19,202	-50.43%	9	$2,134	$138,805	24
4/10/2009	62		$21,044	+9.59%	10	$2,104	$170,207	31
4/17/2009	64		$13,028	-38.09%	7	$1,861	$191,148	38
4/24/2009	65		$9,181	-29.53%	8	$1,148	$206,777	45
5/1/2009	69		$7,950	-13.41%	5	$1,590	$219,506	52
5/8/2009	78		$4,699	-40.89%	6	$783	$228,233	59
5/15/2009	78		$5,530	+17.68%	4	$1,383	$235,443	66
5/29/2009	105		$642		2	$321	$245,731	80
6/5/2009	110		$222	-65.42%	1	$222	$246,353	87
6/12/2009	116		$363	+63.51%	1	$363	$246,882	94
6/19/2009	102		$680	+87.33%	3	$227	$251,945	101
6/26/2009	111		$200	-70.59%	1	$200	$252,192	108
7/3/2009	100		$264	+32.00%	1	$264	$252,456	115
7/10/2009	81		$2,848	+978.79%	2	$1,424	$255,572	122
7/17/2009	82		$3,282	+15.24%	1	$3,282	$260,588	129
7/31/2009	98		$932		1	$932	$263,463	143
8/7/2009	98		$2,105	+125.86%	2	$1,053	$265,901	150
9/25/2009	112		$202		1	$202	$269,263	199
10/2/2009	100		$1,749	+765.84%	3	$583	$271,548	206
10/9/2009	119		$106	-93.94%	1	$106	$273,249	213
10/16/2009	122		$378	+256.60%	1	$378	$277,315	220

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