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Tokyo Eyes

  • 1998
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.4K
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Tokyo Eyes (1998)
ComedyThriller

The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective find that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective find that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective find that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.

  • Director
    • Jean-Pierre Limosin
  • Writers
    • Jean-Pierre Limosin
    • Santiago Amigorena
    • Philippe Madral
  • Stars
    • Shinji Takeda
    • Hinano Yoshikawa
    • Kaori Mizushima
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin
    • Writers
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin
      • Santiago Amigorena
      • Philippe Madral
    • Stars
      • Shinji Takeda
      • Hinano Yoshikawa
      • Kaori Mizushima
    • 19User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Shinji Takeda
    • K
    Hinano Yoshikawa
    • Hinano
    Kaori Mizushima
    • Naomi
    Tetta Sugimoto
    • Roy
    Ren Ôsugi
    Ren Ôsugi
    • Bus driver
    Masayuki Yui
    Masayuki Yui
    • Manager of beauty parlor
    Moro Morooka
    Moro Morooka
    • Video shop clerk
    Ken Mitsuishi
    • Video shop customer
    Fumiya Tanaka
    • D.J.
    Hidaki Oikawa
    • Bouncer
    Asaidori
    • Bouncer
    Yôichirô Saitô
    • Boy at disco
    Minako Hashimoto
    • Girl at disco
    Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
    Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
    • Boy in quarrel
    Kirina Mano
    • Girl in quarrel
    Karia Nomoto
    • Woman at phone booth
    Sakurako Mitsui
    • Girl with walkman
    Yoshitaka Kaizu
    • Victims
    • Director
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin
    • Writers
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin
      • Santiago Amigorena
      • Philippe Madral
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    User reviews19

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    7bob6

    Serial shooter

    The man shoots people but never kills them. This is not a thriller, it's a Tokyo life slices showing... with French eyes. It's amazing, sensual and incredibly modern.
    WaterRat

    Very interesting film, highly enjoyable.

    I really enjoyed this movie, especially since it had a "guest" appearance by one of my favourite Japanese actors, none other than Takeshi Kitano. The movie is a mix of suspense thriller and commentary on the life and attitudes of people in large urban areas (not necessarily just in Japan) and reflects some aspects of life in Tokyo quite well. Highly recommended.
    Harpo 2046

    Not bad, funny, with bad actors

    I have seen this film on TV, and I think I was right not to have bought a ticket to see this film in a cinema, because the actors, especially H.Yoshikawa, made me laugh, though they were not supposed to. I honestly think that this is not a bad film. I guess you will spend some nice time seeing his film, but you should not be too serious.
    10andreas.voigt

    Good love movies exist!

    I always thought there were no good love movies in this world. Films like "Thorn Birds", "Gone with the wind", "Titanic" and "Love Story" with all that crying-suffering&dying stuff full of exaggeration never really touched me. Another reason I don't like these movies is that they completely lack in style.

    However: The 90s have been extremely generous to us, giving us three excellent love movies full of style & magic: "Los Amantes del Círculo Polar", "Der Krieger und die Kaiserin" and this gem.

    "Tokyo Eyes" is full of cool music, excellent camera work, cute scenes, and good storytelling, creating a mood that absorbed me right from the beginning. It's not pretentious in any way and it didn't annoy or bore me for a single second (As most other love movies do). The last five minutes are fantastic and contain one scene that in my opinion is one of the best in movie history (at least in terms of camera work). Shinji Takeda does a great job as "K" and Hinano Yoshikawa covers her missing acting skills by cuteness beyond good or evil. The cameo by Takeshi Kitano is nice as well.

    P.S: Though I wouldn't consider this movie to be utterly weird or totally different from standard Hollywood movies, some people may find it too slow-paced, lacking in action or even pointless.

    10 points out of 10.
    7sebastian_goofy

    Great expression of the "Techno-Culture"

    This movie is of course about a killer. A killer that misses his target by intention. But this movie is beyond this plot something else: It is the movie that is the best expression of the "Techno-Culture" (the style "Techno", of electronic music) i ever saw.

    I'm not talking about the culture as it is seen from outside- people that are said to be (and often are) using synthetical drugs to dance the whole night to "stupid" music. I'm talking about what Techno is like, the feelings we had, why we listened to Techno.

    This movie is about a boy, who wants to change the people in the world he lives in. Not in big means, just in small steps. In what he can reach. And he wants to do so in a (somehow) peaceful way. Also, it has some incredible beautiful scenes, scattered throughout it- like the faint moments of beauty in the monotone beat. There is some kind of a monotone background as you see the masses of concrete, the city with the crowds going to work or returning home, where these beautiful moments are scattered upon in a chaotic manner.

    So do we feel, like the movie: Lost in that chaotic world, emotionless and grey as concrete, drifting through our life. Sometimes, we see the beauty, in nature, in the eyes of our girlfriend, or hear it in the music, or just feel it. And we want to change the world to something better, at least where we can achieve it, in a subtle way.

    This movie feels like the morning when you danced through the night before, lost in the music. When you go outside, climb up from the club to the streets, the sun already risen, and the people doing their business, and you are completely lost in that world- and you feel the beauty of life. When you see the beauty of this morning, and you know all the people surrounding you could see it too, if they were awake. This is what Techno feels like. Nothing more. But nothing less.

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    • Trivia
      At first, the Tokyo Eyes original script was written like a traditional French film, with local cast and crew and the movie had to be shot in Paris. However, the director suddenly changed his mind and decided to shoot it in Japan with a Japanese cast. The director and the chief-operator, both French, did not speak Japanese but they decided to take the challenge anyway and accepted to work with a Japanese cast and crew.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1998 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • France
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Глаза Токио
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Euro Space
      • Lumen Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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