

Everyone wants to be found.
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
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Character
Contemplative, contemporary, character-led and intimate.
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
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“Is Bill Murray the best thing in Lost in Translation?”
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“Is this Sofia Coppola's best work?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Bill MurrayBob Harris
- Scarlett JohanssonCharlotte
- Giovanni RibisiJohn
- Anna FarisKelly
- Akiko TakeshitaMs. Kawasaki
- Kazuyoshi MinamimagoePress Agent
- Kazuko ShibataPress Agent
- TakePress Agent
- Ryuichiro BabaConcierge
- Akira YamaguchiBellboy
Crew
- Sofia CoppolaDirector
- Sofia CoppolaWriter
- Lance AcordDirector of Photography
- Kevin ShieldsOriginal Music Composer
- Sarah FlackEditor
- Ross KatzProducer
- Sofia CoppolaProducer
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Pairings
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