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Living on Tokyo Time

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A Japanese woman (Minako Ohashi) who speaks little English marries a Japanese-American (Ken Nakagawa) who speaks no Japanese.

Critics Reviews

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Walter Goodman New York Times Despite plenty of rock music, ''Living on Tokyo Time'' doesn't have much of a beat. May 21, 2003 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 5, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Audience Member This movie was really cute. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member A movie that Japanese Americans that lived through the 1980s can relate to. Kinda slow at times, but it has a lot of bittersweet comedy in it. A modern tale of cultural clash between a Japanese girl and a Japanese American guy, who is too frequently identified as Japanese by white Americans. He does not speak Japanese and does not like Japanese food. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Humorous and underrated Japanese comedy. Very funny at times, although timing is slow. If you are patient, you'll be in for a cute, not-really-that-romantic comedy. I'd definitely recommend a viewing of it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this film when I first moved to San Francisco. The actors where inexperienced, but it was a well written script that I could relate to. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A different kind of comedy about self-discovery. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The subject is interesting but the movie is slow and some bad acting made the movie hard to watch. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A Japanese woman (Minako Ohashi) who speaks little English marries a Japanese-American (Ken Nakagawa) who speaks no Japanese.
Director
Steven Okazaki
Producer
Dennis Hayashi, Lynn O'Donnell
Screenwriter
Steven Okazaki, John McCormick
Production Co
Farallon Films
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.2K
Runtime
1h 23m