Based on a short story by acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,
A Wild Sheep Chase), this minimalist meditation on loneliness and loss is so spare and drained of color that it seems always on the verge of fading into invisibility and makes one wonder whether it actually is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Born shortly after World War II, Tony Takitani (Issey Ogata), an only child whose mother died three days after he was born, grew up alone. Tony's father, jazz trombonist Shozaburo Takitani (Ogata again), traveled frequently; classmates mocked his Westernized first name, which Shozaburo ch...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
75 mins