Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
Original title: 東京夜曲
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Hamanaka Koichi returns to his wife Hisako and family in a sadder, run-down section of eastern Tokyo after having run away from home years before. He gives no explanation of his absence and his family asks no questions. It is only through the questions that a young writer named Asakura, who is secretly in love with Hisako, poses of local shop owners, that we learn that Hamanaka's disappearance may be related to the fact that the woman everyone thought he would marry, Tami - who runs the cafe across the street from the Hamanaka electric store - had ended up tying the knot with another man who died soon thereafter.
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Kyōzō NagatsukaKoichi Hamanaka
Kaori MomoiTami Ohsawa
Mitsuko BaishoHisako Hamanaka
Satoko AbeTomomi Ito
Takaya KamikawaSadaji AsakawaHiroko Matsuda
Kyoko AsagiriTami's step mother
Tokue HanazawaAsakura's fatherKoba HayashiHamanaka's fatherReiko NanaoHamanaka's mother
Akira ŌizumiTomomi's fatherHiroki KawanoNomuraMovie DNA
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What is Tokyo Lullaby about?
Hamanaka Koichi returns to his wife Hisako and family in a sadder, run-down section of eastern Tokyo after having run away from home years before. He gives no explanation of his absence and his family asks no questions. It is only through the questions that a young writer named Asakura, who is secretly in love with Hisako, poses of local shop owners, that we learn that Hamanaka's disappearance may be related to the fact that the woman everyone thought he would marry, Tami - who runs the cafe across the street from the Hamanaka electric store - had ended up tying the knot with another man who died soon thereafter.
How long is Tokyo Lullaby?
Tokyo Lullaby has a runtime of 86 minutes.