A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 97 wins & 133 nominations total
François du Bois
- Sausalito Piano
- (as Francois du Bois)
Diamond Yukai
- Commercial Director
- (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBill Murray's favorite film of his own.
- GoofsWhen John (Giovanni Ribisi) first runs into Kelly (Anna Faris) in the lobby of the hotel he calls her Anna.
- Quotes
Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.
Charlotte: It's scary.
Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.
Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that.
Bob: Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.
Charlotte: That's nice.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the closing credits, Hiromix (Hiromi Toshikawa), seen throughout most of the party sequence, waves to the camera.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kevin Shields: City Girl (2003)
- SoundtracksBrass in Pocket
(1980)
Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott
Performed by Scarlett Johansson (as Scarlett T. Johansson)
Featured review
Lost Souls
It's been a long time since a movie has made me hurt the way this one did. Perhaps "hurt" isn't the right word. "Ache" is more like it. I could so completely identify with both characters.
Bob is a middle-aged actor caught in a life which has lost its zest and purpose, doing what he "ought" to be doing (making money doing whiskey commercials) instead of doing what he WANTS to do (plays). And then a young, beautiful, intelligent woman enters his orbit. On that level alone, with its mute longing and sexual tension, I can identify with him.
And then there is Charlotte, a student of philosophy seeking herself, her soul lost and adrift. She doesn't know who she is, doesn't know what she wants. Her life is a quest for authenticity of self. And I identify with her because so much of my life I have been seeking the same thing.
This movie isn't for everyone. They will call it boring, lifeless, limp. There are people, I realize, who have never experienced that kind of longing, who had never sought meaning in their lives, and searched for their own lost souls. They live for the here and now, without giving a thought to the spiritual aspects of life.
A friend said introverts will love this movie, extraverts will hate it. I think that is a fair surface assessment. This movie is all about the inner lives of two people whose souls connect for a brief time in an alien city. It is a love affair not of bodies, but of minds and spirits.
Some this movie will make angry. Some this movie will make weep.
Bob is a middle-aged actor caught in a life which has lost its zest and purpose, doing what he "ought" to be doing (making money doing whiskey commercials) instead of doing what he WANTS to do (plays). And then a young, beautiful, intelligent woman enters his orbit. On that level alone, with its mute longing and sexual tension, I can identify with him.
And then there is Charlotte, a student of philosophy seeking herself, her soul lost and adrift. She doesn't know who she is, doesn't know what she wants. Her life is a quest for authenticity of self. And I identify with her because so much of my life I have been seeking the same thing.
This movie isn't for everyone. They will call it boring, lifeless, limp. There are people, I realize, who have never experienced that kind of longing, who had never sought meaning in their lives, and searched for their own lost souls. They live for the here and now, without giving a thought to the spiritual aspects of life.
A friend said introverts will love this movie, extraverts will hate it. I think that is a fair surface assessment. This movie is all about the inner lives of two people whose souls connect for a brief time in an alien city. It is a love affair not of bodies, but of minds and spirits.
Some this movie will make angry. Some this movie will make weep.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Perdidos en Tokio
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $44,585,453
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $925,087
- Sep 14, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $118,688,756
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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