Shaking tokyo short film

Call it what you want, but this is certainly not cheating. After paris, je taime, new york, i love you, and tokyo. Opening this friday, in limited release, is the movie tokyo. Feb 05, 2018 shaking tokyomichel gondry 2008 i really enjoyed the way this film was done. He sustains himself on pizza, living off of money left to him by his father. This triptych of short films by directors michel gondry, leos carax, and. Triptych feature telling three separate tales set in tokyo, japan. There was a lot of symmetry involved and everything seemed to be perfectly placed.

Interior design michel gondry hiroko and akira ayako fujitani and ryo kase, a young couple, arrive in tokyo to pursue their careers, moving in temporarily with hirokos old friend akemi ayumi ito, a career girl whose. Directors michel gondry, leos carax and joonho bong each contribute a short film set in the great metropolis of tokyo. Class 3 shaking tokyo and besieged roxana baloiu filmtheory. In 2017, metacritic ranked bong th on its list of the 25 best film. Mar 01, 2009 teruyuki kagawa in shaking tokyo as a young shutin. All three short films have interesting messages that make you think. Tallahassee film festival april 1519, 2020 april 1519. Leos carax and joonho bong each contribute a short film set in tokyo. Michel gondry directed interior design, leos carax directed merde, and bong joonho directed shaking tokyo. Shaking tokyo, by the hosts bong, is by far the most fascinating of. I dont know the title but i remember vaguely it being about a father who had to raise a child he initially didnt like as the mother passed away.

One of my favorite aspects was in michel gondrys short, interior design. Mostly narrated with thoughts of the man who has been cooped up too long. A distinguished trio of nonjapanese filmmakers converge to offer wildly varying and accomplished short films that take inspiration from, and are shot entirely within, tokyo. Shaking tokyo is about an agoraphobic man, called hikikomori in japanese. Tokyo interior design 2008 historia completa youtube. Aug 16, 2008 shaking tokyo well done film after 10 years indoors, a recluse man decides to go outside for the love of a recluse woman. The surprise for myself was bong joonhos shaking tokyo. Includes a whimsical fable of metamorphosis interior design, michel gondry, a reimagined godzilla story merde, leos carax and a surreal romance between a. Tallahassee film festival april 1519, 2020 april 1519, 2020. Interior design, directed by michel gondry, merde, directed by leos carax, and shaking tokyo, by bong joonho. Tokyo is a city of transitions in three short films. The name of the film was mentioned in the youtube videos description, and i looked it up and read up on it once, but now cant remember what it was called.

The problem with most short films is that they try to tell a story, but the confines of a 32minute block in a featurelength film doesnt leave enough room for a threeactstructure. The film could happen in any city really, with some adjustments, but the stories resonate especially with tokyo. Joonho and leos carax where they each made a short film that takes place in the city of tokyo. He lives shut up in his apartment, strictly limiting all contact with the outside world to an absolute minimum. Apr 10, 2009 shaking tokyo, by the hosts bong, is by far the most fascinating of the three. Bong joon ho talks parasite and that eightminute standing ovation at cannes duration. I guess being the closest neighbor of japan, a korean director was the only one of the three who were qualified to describe tokyo in a short film, and the only one who did any kind of research. This is an anthology film with three short films, the directors being michel gondry, leos carax, and bong joonho. Jun 29, 2009 shaking tokyo the host director bong joonho strings us into the films existential final short the main act, if you will. The series will also showcase a selection of bongs short film work, including his shocking found footagestyle short influenza and shaking tokyo. Shaking tokyo bong joonho for more than 10 years, hes been a hikikomori. Jav amateur seira very cute teen uncensored fuck short hair. A clip from the shaking tokyo segment directed by bong joonho for tokyo.

Shaking tokyo centers on a man who has lived for 10 years as a hikikomori, a term. Mar 18, 2009 bong joonho exclusive interview tokyo. All 7 bong joonho movies ranked from worst to best taste. The reason for writing about it now is that i am researching the third director, the then rising star of south korean cinema, bong joonho. A true hermit, or what the japanese call a hikikomori, he finds himself in love with the pizza. Perfectlyaligned towers of pizza boxes loom over his living room, a pyramid of toilet paper rolls climb the wall of his bathroom, and each and every nook and cranny is precisely stocked with a. The host, memories of murder and his short film shaking tokyo. Shaking tokyo the host director bong joonho strings us into the films existential final short the main act, if you will. Bong joonhos film, shaking tokyo,is about a man who has not left his house in ten years. Japan in the global imagination saturday, december 7, 2 pm a distinguished trio of nonjapanese filmmakers converge to offer wildly varying and accomplished short films that take inspiration from, and are shot entirely within, tokyo. His courage to finally step outside happens to coincide with an event that drives everyone else in the city indoors, but bong, far from the socially charged mayhem of memories.

Shoot short address movie shot film kang dae hee director casting ha jinsu bong jun ho duration. And the latter is similar to a short gondry movie, very good too. May 16, 2008 the apocalypse came early to the cannes film festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women. Three short films set in tokyo chronicle the metamorphosis of a young woman, the trial of an otherworldly man who emerges from a manhole, and a reclusive. They are much longer than the ones featured in paris je taime, clocking in at around 30 minutes each. Leo caraxs stands out the most as one haunting and original masterwork of a short film. The film s final segment, bong joonhos shaking tokyoa halfbaked scenario about a shutin leaving his home for the first time in 10 years to pursue a womanis certainly the weakest entry in the triptych, but even this piece gets over on the directors visual invention, particularly evident in his set design and lighting. The tonight show starring jimmy fallon recommended for you. Of course each part has a unique style and definitely worth your time to. In his film a kind demented, sewerdwelling leprechaun named merde emerges from the bowels of the urban landscape and terrorizes the citizens of tokyo. Gondry, carax, and bong work up three riffs not on tokyo but on tokyo all reasonably diverting and offering distinctive curlicues on the titles exclamation point. Teruyuki kagawa in shaking tokyo as a young shutin.

Bong joonhos shaking tokyo is the least successful of the three, though the films protagonist, a recluse who has not been out of his house in 11 years, is a kind of packrat modernists dream. Shaking tokyo short film by joonho bong shorts bay. Gondrys is beautiful, but maybe not completely fully realized and. The festival returns with a headspinning array of bold new american independent cinema and international work, including documentary and fictional features and short films of every style and description. If gondrys architectural sensibility is rueful, gogolesque yet never without a sense of play, then that of leos caraxs merde is blatantly sociopathic.

Nov 23, 2019 the final piece of the film is from korean auteur bong joonho the host, called shaking tokyo. A visually witty departure from the confining apartments of interior design, pizza boxes from a decade of delivery make formally perfect columns alongside precise stacks of books and regimented. That korean was not hong sangsoo or kim kiduk, or even lee changdong or park chanwook, it was none other than south korean director bong joonho. Contentsshow contents hide 1 plot 2 cast 3 music 4 references 5 external links plotedit interior design directed by michel gondry. Im going to treat each short as one film, and thats that, mr. Software alludu romance with village atta latest telugu short film 2016. The egyptian pyramids funny animated short film full hd duration. Apr 19, 2011 took too long to see, i was wrong to believe in me only. I noticed there was a lot of repetition like the toilet paper rolls and the pizza boxes. The most obvious one is that there are only three short films here. Shaking tokyo, directed by bong joonho, stars teruyuki kagawa as a hikikomori,a type so familiar the japanese have a name for it. That leaves bong to pick up the pieces with shaking tokyo, a refined, moving tale about a hikikomori a person who refuses to leave his apartment drawn out of his shell by an earthquake and a pizza deliverywoman.

Film december 7, 2 pm a distinguished trio of nonjapanese filmmakers converge to offer wildly varying and accomplished short films that take inspiration from tokyo. Jun 14, 2019 this year a korean won the most prestigious award at the most prestigious film festival, the palme dor from the cannes film festival, making it the first time for a korean to ever do so. His films feature social themes, genremixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. Its about an agoraphobic man whos not left his small home or. The film follows the story of an unnamed loner teruyuki kagawa.

Gondrys interior design follows an aspiring filmmaker who drifts apart from his girlfriend as they pursue a future in the big city. A hikikomori, usually male, decides to stay inside one day and essentially never leaves. The central setting is imagined as a mass of perfectly arranged piles, stacks of empty pizza boxes, books, and toilet paper rolls forming the concrete geometry. The central character is a hikikomori a recluse who lives alone in an apartment from which he never emerges, only opening the door to the delivery driversriders who bring his food and drink and other necessities. But the film also serves as a reminder that some of tokyo s most memorable chroniclers have been visitors, looking in from the outside. The 2020 edition of the tallahassee film festival happens april 1519.

Watch the clip titled shaking tokyo blinding light for the film tokyo. The short film, directed by bong joonho, is part of the triptych tokyo. The third segment, shaking tokyo was the only short film that had anything remotely related to exploring characteristics unique in japan. Took too long to see, i was wrong to believe in me only. Michel gondrys interior design, leos caraxs merde and bong joonhos shaking tokyo. The final piece of the film is from korean auteur bong joonho the host, called shaking tokyo. Shaking tokyo well done film after 10 years indoors, a recluse man decides to go outside for the love of a recluse woman. Even when he walks in the street at some point there. Shaking tokyo centers on a man who has lived for 10 years as a hikikomori, a term used in japan for people unable to adjust to society and so they never leave their homes and what happens when. It is an adaptation of the short story comic cecil and jordan in new york by. Shaking tokyo, part of a threepart collection of short films in tokyo. Showing a fascinating mix of movies, particularly indie productions from both japan and abroad with lots of experimental and short work thrown in as well, uplink also holds events like talks and.

Shaking tokyomichel gondry 2008 i really enjoyed the way this film was done. Feb 24, 2020 bong joonhos film completes the triptych with a more composed and beautifully designed film, shaking tokyo. A young woman who finds her life useless experiences a metamorphosis. The apocalypse came early to the cannes film festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women. Kagawa is the unnamed protagonist, an obsessivecompulsive agoraphobic who hasnt left his home in five years. Short stories, good but not excellent, they are vibrant, whimsical, and modern fantasies that are almost as universal in their simplicity as they could be told anywhere. Bookended by two wonderful films by bong and gondry. Niki stanchev bulgarian fest second place winner fake flesh film fest selected 15 second horror film challenge selected imdb.

Wilco solitaire i became a big fan of bong joonhos work after watching mother. Feb 23, 2015 bong joon ho talks parasite and that eightminute standing ovation at cannes duration. This is the story of an unnamed man, a shutin who has decided to close himself off and live his life within the confines of his home without any human contact, a phenomenon that is so common in japan that they actually have a word, hikikomori, for such people. Bong joonhos shaking tokyo was the best out of the 3, it seems like for films like this they always show the best for last. An interesting character piece, well acted and shot.