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  Review by Tao A ★★★★½ 4

  Very high up on the very short list of movies that I simply wanna live in.

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  Review by 🇵🇱 Steve G 🇵🇸 ★★★★

  Sometimes it’s just nice to spend some time in the company of some fun characters, and it's fine if the film doesn't really go anywhere.

  I'd say that Adrift In Tokyo is one of the very best examples of such a film that I have seen. The flimsiest of flimsy premises is employed here, based as it is on an actually rather sinister event. But as the film refuses to cop out from the idea at the base of its pyramid, I realised that its gentle, unassuming ending is about the perfect way for this film to climax.

  Films like this quite often feel the need to constantly bombard us with absurdities and surrealism but that's rarely the case in…

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  Review by Invincible Asia ★★★★½ 2

  “Happiness creeps into you so quietly you don‘t notice but misfortune arrives very abruptly.”

  Jô Odagiri plays Fumiya, a student without any ambitions whatsoever who’s caught up in debts. The middle-aged loan shark enforcer Aiichiro played by Tomokazu Miura makes him an odd offer. Aiichiro will cancel the debt if Fumiya agrees to take a walk across Tokyo with him for an undefined time-span, yet with a set goal, the Kasumigaseki police station where Aiichiro wants to turn himself in for the accidental murder of his wife.
  The two grow closer and a wonderfully melancholic and charming tale with many hilarious encounters unfolds.

  As we get to know Fumiya and Aiichiro better (and they each other) it turns out both…

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  Review by PlaguDocta ★★★★★ 3

  Abruptness delight. Familial love in a stranger with introductions of sudden oddities. Amplifier backpack (with the pedals on it). Everyone had that Lacoste polo moment. Everyone that had grass mohawks were attracted to the hills of the orange juice taste. The cue for the closing theme came on, thus the strangers felt the sun and neon brightness of life reissuement; they all felt the need to walk backwards.

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  Review by MrJago ★★★★★ 4

  Two men walk the streets of Tokyo and straight into my heart. I never wanted to hug every character in a movie this badly.

  A bittersweet and often very funny love letter to Tokyo and its wonderful people.

  Someone dry my tears for me.

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  Review by Ben Challoner ★★★★★ 2

  I’ve never wanted to go to Tokyo more than after watching this low-key beautiful little gem of a movie! Yet another film that I would never have crossed paths with if it wasn’t for the incredible work of the fine folks at Third Window Films!

  It’s quite hard to explain the joy I experienced whilst watching this one except to say that it is a subtle masterpiece! Part slacker buddy comedy, part bittersweet existential drama but 100% a love letter to Tokyo and its wonderful people! It’s kind of like Richard Linklater’s BEFORE SUNRISE meets The Farrelly Brothers’ DUMB & DUMBER by way of Katsushito Ishii’s THE TASTE OF TEA except with a lovely unique flavour all of its own. 

  Joe Odagiri Is…

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  Review by Callisto ★★★★

  A man has to take a long walk with a debt collector (who's probably a yakuza) in agreement to have his outstanding debt paid. The two walk and talk about their pasts as they eat food around Tokyo and learn more about one another. The blend of light drama and comedy works and contrasts well for the two characters' situations. The last third grew a little tiring for me personally, but the entire journey was just so fun to watch. It was a delight to see so many familiar places. I miss going on long walks.

  Don't trust anyone who puts mayonnaise on everything.

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  Review by russman ★★★½

  I hope 'your anus is missing a crease' is a real Japanese saying.

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  Review by VonBergundy ★★★½

  A quirkfest with a silly, wholesome charm to it. I have minor grievances with some the jokes not landing and the distractingly unnecessary handheld cinematography, but I very much enjoyed this film for what it is. Most of all, this just made me really want to aimlessly walk around Tokyo.

  Birthyear Challenge - Part 2:
  2007 - #2/2 (Hidden Gem)

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  Review by Connor Ashdown-Ford ★★★★

  "Adrift In Tokyo" is a unique and intriguing film that manages to balance humor, drama, and introspection in a compelling way. The film follows a young man named Fumiya (played by Joe Odagiri) and an older, eccentric man named Fukuhara (played by Tomokazu Miura) as they wander through the streets of Tokyo on a series of unlikely adventures.

  The film's pacing is deliberate, allowing viewers to soak in the beauty and complexity of Tokyo while also delving deeper into the characters' pasts and current struggles. The two leads have great chemistry and play off each other in amusing and touching ways, adding to the film's charm.

  One of the standout elements of "Adrift In Tokyo" is its cinematography. Director Satoshi…

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  Review by kev ★★★★½

  "was there something good that happened these past few days? you said something good happens if you see ittoku kishibe"
  "... i guess there was"

  :')

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  Review by DubiousLegacy ★★★ 2

  Back in my days as an undergrad, I took a class in which I read Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin on the concept of the flâneur, and it really stuck with me. Flânerie is something I love, that makes up a big part of my ideal life, and that I think I'm good at. The flâneur is an urban rambler, a tourist at home who enjoys wandering through crowds with no purpose other than to eavesdrop and observe. I took a look at the Wikipedia page for flâneur after watching this movie and discovered that it's really strong. Worth reading.

  I've lived in three cities now that were great for endless urban strolling and observation (I've visited plenty more but you…