Review of Tokyo Sonata (2008) by Tomas B — 07 Jun 2011

This was billed as a moving drama. And up to a point it was an interesting drama until the eldest son returned back from his peace keeping mission as a volunteer for the US army in the Middle East. He'd only been gone a couple of months and returned traumatized by how many people he'd killed.

I find it very unbeleivable that any volunteer would be thrust into any kind of front line fighting with no army experience. After that, this movie just became ridiculous. The mother run off with her knife weilding abductor and burgular for a brief period.

The father found an envelope full of cash and then ran into the night stumbling over stratigically placed piles of rubbish before being hit by a car and pushed to the side of the road like a dead deer.

While all this was happening the youngest managed to learn to play 'Clair de Lune' to perfection on lessons paid for from 3 months of school dinner money. If this is the best Japanese cinema can produce then they are a long away from the mark.

If it isnt, then why show it on British Television? Rubbish.