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Neon and Koji Yanai present; a film by Wim Wenders; written by Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki; produced by Koji Yanai; producers Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki; a Master Mind production; in collaboration with Spoon and Wenders Images
Resource Type:
Blu-ray Video
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition
Creation:
2023
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Related Series:
Criterion collection; [volume] 1226
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Summary:
A public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo is satisfied with his rich inner world, which is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him, the music he chooses, and with the city itself.
Contributors:
Wenders, Wim , film director, screenwriter, film producer
Takasaki, Takuma, 1969- , screenwriter, film producer
Yakusho, Kōji , actor
Emoto, Tokio, 1989- , actor
Nakano, Arisa, 2005- , actor
Yamada, Aoi, 2000- , actor
Asō, Yumi, 1963- , actor
Ishikawa, Sayuri, 1958- , actor
Miura, Tomokazu, 1952- , actor
Tanaka, Min , actor
Yanai, Kōji, 1977- , presenter
Lustig, Franz, 1967- , director of photography
Froschhammer, Toni , editor of moving image work
Neon (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre
Master Mind (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
Spoon (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
Wenders Images , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Languages:
Japanese
English
Language Notes:
Dialogue in Japanese; subtitles in English.
Related Series:
Criterion collection; [volume] 1226
Subjects:
Life — Drama
Cleaning personnel — Drama
Self-acceptance — Drama
Life
Cleaning personnel
Self-acceptance
Genres:
Feature films
Fiction films
Drama
System Details:
Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD 5.1 surround.
Performers:
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Aso, Sayuri Ishikawa, Tomokazu Miura, Min Tanaka.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Franz Lustig ; editor, Toni Froschhammer.
General Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features include: new interview with director Wim Wenders; interview with actor Koji Yakusho; interview with Koji Yanai, founder of the Tokyo Toilet project; "some body comes into the light" (2023), a short by Wenders with new introduction; trailer; essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri.
Description based on: Title from container.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Physical Characteristics:
4 3/4 in.; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical; surround; DTS-HD 5.1; sound
Film Characteristics:
1.33:1; full screen
Digital Characteristics:
video file; Blu-ray; region A
Call Numbers:
PER 2023 BLU
ISBNs:
9798886071641
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 715515299411
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3578BD
OCLC Numbers:
1433630322