Tony Takitani

A meditation on love for people and objects and the loss of both

Tony Takitani is an adaptation of a Haruki Marakumi story. Alienated by his English name and from his own feelings of neglect of his father, a jazz trumpter, Tony Takitani becomes a skilled engineering draughtsman. One day he falls for Eiko, courts and marries her and knows happiness for the first time in his life-except that she has a compulsion to buy expensive designer clothes. Tragedy soon strikes and Tony is alone again. The somber and haunting piano score by Academy Award-winning composer Ryuchi Sakamoto ads to this exercise in melancholy.

Critic Reviews:

• " An ethereal modern fable without a moral, Tony Takatani seeps into the soul and lingers. For filmgoers in search of a quietly absorbing escape, it might be the perfect holiday-movie antidote. " – Kristin Tillotson

• " Like a cultivated orchid, the delicate product of careful attention and an appreciation for fleeting beauty. " – Jeff Shannon

• " Ichikawa brilliantly captures Murakami's blend of whimsy, irony and melancholy, while finding intelligent and inventive ways to convert the author's verbal idiosyncrasies to a visual medium. " – Anton Bitel