Despite being a little rough around the edges, “One Night in Tokyo” marks a delightfully heartwarming feature debut for writer-director Joshua Woodcock. The indie film circumvents the usual trepidations of a low-budget affair, overcoming them through a fairly smooth narration of a familiar yet captivating tale of life’s many possibilities. The film’s defining quality rests in the fleeting moments it manages to illustrate. These moments, containing heartbreak, acceptance, and new-found joy, celebrate the experience that is life. All of this happens on a vivid night in Tokyo.
Sam (Reza Emamiyeh) arrives in Tokyo for a week-long vacation with his Tokyo-residing expat girlfriend, Becca (Cailee Oliver). But the journey does not begin well as she does not come to meet him at the airport. When Sam finally reaches Becca’s house, the predictable inevitability of a break-up greets him. Becca is on her own path now and she does...
Sam (Reza Emamiyeh) arrives in Tokyo for a week-long vacation with his Tokyo-residing expat girlfriend, Becca (Cailee Oliver). But the journey does not begin well as she does not come to meet him at the airport. When Sam finally reaches Becca’s house, the predictable inevitability of a break-up greets him. Becca is on her own path now and she does...
- 2/11/2025
- by Suvo Pyne
- High on Films
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