Tokyo Sonata

2008 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Movie film Q1368350
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Summary

Tokyo Sonata is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,427 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Asian Film Award for Best Film[3]
  • Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa[4]
  • Screenwriter: Kiyoshi Kurosawa[5]
  • Composer: Kazumasa Hashimoto[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7]
  • Cast member: Kyōko Koizumi[8], Kōji Yakusho[9], Teruyuki Kagawa[10], Kanji Tsuda[11]
  • Producer: Wouter Barendrecht[12]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[13]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: Japan[16]
  • Publication date: May 17, 2008[17], September 27, 2008[18], November 3, 2008[19], January 30, 2009[20], March 13, 2009[21], August 7, 2009[22]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[23]
  • Narrative location: Tokyo[24]
  • Official website: http://www.tokyosonatamovie.com[25]
  • Executive producer: Michael J. Werner[26]
  • Title: トウキョウソナタ[27]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[28]
  • Duration: 120 minutes[29]
  • Capital cost: 2,500,000 US dollars[30]
  • Box office: 943,547 US dollars[31], 278,356 US dollars[32]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[33]
  • Assessment: Bechdel test[34]

Why It Matters

Tokyo Sonata has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Tokyo Sonata receive?

Honors received include Asian Film Award for Best Film[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . siamzone.com. Retrieved . siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . siamzone.com. Retrieved . siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved . boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved . boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Bechdel Test Movie List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lv', 'zh']
    P14724 → 20171366
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 20171366, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302098993|Tokyo sonata (#302098993)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (fil"
  2. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 938341
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 938341, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kobis film id → 20090170
    Filmová databáze film id → 61855
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 61855, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  4. 9w ago · Sawol · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kmdb film id → F/23785
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Kmdb film id: F/23785"
  5. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 45104
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  6. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2008-05-17T00:00:00Z, +2008-09-27T00:00:00Z, +2008-11-03T00:00:00Z +3
    Screenwriter → Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+120'}
    Mpa film rating → PG-13
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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