Top 10 Movie about Tokyo
November 20, 2007
Here are 10 great movies that are based in Tokyo, Japan.
1. The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Directed by Justin Lin and Starred by Lucas Black and Damien Marzette. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is the the 3rd installment of The Fast and The Furious series. Unlike the previous two films, this part features a new cast of explosive action in a different setting that is Tokyo, Japan. The movie tells the story of Sean who had been sent to live with his father in Tokyo. There, he meets new friends and learn a new way to race and is also confronts with a few new enemies in racing.
2. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Based on a true story, this 1944 film tells the story about four months after Pearl Harbor had been bombed. Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle devised a daring plan to raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he had to train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever thought was possible, launch 16 fully loaded bombers from an aircraft carrier. It was a great success and this film was created to honor those daring men.
3. Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo was was directed by Delmer Daves and starred by Cary Grant and John Garfield. This war film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros in 1943. The film tells the story about a U.S.S. submarine which must complete its secret mission in dangerous Japanese waters. Film is as much about the relationship between the naval men as it is about their heroic mission.
4. Tokyo Olympiad - Criterion Collection
Directed by Kon Ichikawa, Tokyo Olympiad is a 1965 documentary film which documented in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He filmed the 1964 Summer Olympics from opening to closing ceremonies. Tokyo Olympiad was considered a milestone in documentary filmmaking. However, the film keeps its focus more on the atmosphere of the games and the human side of the athletes instead of concentrating only on the winners and the results.
5. Tokyo Underground
A manga series, Tokyo Underground was created by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. This TV series was released as a movie on DVD by Geneon Entertainment in the US and Canada. The story is about Japanese street racing and drifting culture which full of excitement and entertainment. Tokyo Underground was filmed entirely at real street gatherings and canyon roads all over Japan. This movie will give you unlimited access to this secret society in Tokyo.
6. Babel
The film features 4 interlocking tragic stories which are all linked by a gun, showing every single human in the world has their own pains. Babel was shot in three continents and Tokyo, Japan was one of them. A deaf-mute Japanese girl deals with rejection from her busy father and her death mother. She spoils her life in enormous metropolis of Tokyo with a hope for a better and modern life but everything gets worse. The same as another 3 parts of the film, they encounter hard times and shows this is how people all over the world are alike.
7. Lost in Translation
When destiny kids around two Americans in Tokyo, they end it up with happiness. A married movie star Bob comes to Tokyo to shoot a whisky commercial. He never feels happy with his wife. Charlotte, a young woman traveling in Tokyo with her workaholic husband, comes across Bob in the hotel bar. Generation gap is not a barrier, they click well together and venture through Tokyo; parties, karaoke bars, and odd nightlife. See how love is grown in a Tokyo city!
8. Tokyo Godfathers
While three homeless friends; a young girl, a transvestite, and a middle-aged man are rummaging through trash on Christmas Eve in Tokyo, they find an abandoned baby. They decided to keep the infant and make the journey along with loads of adventures in Tokyo tracking the parents.
9. Appointment Tokyo
Appointment Tokyo is the documentary was film of the American war against Japan. The film contains many exciting and unforgettable scenes some of which are the footage taken from captured Japanese newsreels.
10. Tokyo Story
An elderly couple takes a trip from a seaside town, the rural area of Japan, to visit their married and surviving children in Tokyo. The children never realize how long of the journey their parents have come, they are too busy to treat them well. Once the parents return home because of an illness, the children rush to be with them. The movie is about the generation conflict. Not with any word that express the feelings of the movie, but scenes and sounds that tell everything.
