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Lost in Translation

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  • 1h 42m
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Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)
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A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Sofia Coppola
  • Writer
    • Sofia Coppola
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Giovanni Ribisi
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  • Director
    • Sofia Coppola
  • Writer
    • Sofia Coppola
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Giovanni Ribisi
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    • 2KUser reviews
    • 203Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 98 wins & 133 nominations total

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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Bob Harrisas Bob Harris
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Charlotteas Charlotte
    Giovanni Ribisi
    Giovanni Ribisi
    • Johnas John
    Anna Faris
    Anna Faris
    • Kellyas Kelly
    Akiko Takeshita
    • Ms. Kawasakias Ms. Kawasaki
    Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe
    • Press Agentas Press Agent
    Kazuko Shibata
    • Press Agentas Press Agent
    Take
    • Press Agentas Press Agent
    Ryuichiro Baba
    • Conciergeas Concierge
    Akira Yamaguchi
    • Bellboyas Bellboy
    Catherine Lambert
    Catherine Lambert
    • Jazz Singeras Jazz Singer
    François du Bois
    François du Bois
    • Sausalito Pianoas Sausalito Piano
    • (as Francois du Bois)
    Tim Leffman
    • Sausalito Guitaras Sausalito Guitar
    Gregory Pekar
    Gregory Pekar
    • American Businessman #1as American Businessman #1
    Richard Allen
    • American Businessman #2as American Businessman #2
    Diamond Yukai
    • Commercial Directoras Commercial Director
    • (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
    Jun Maki
    • Suntory Clientas Suntory Client
    Nao Asuka
    • Premium Fantasy Womanas Premium Fantasy Woman
    • Director
      • Sofia Coppola
    • Writer
      • Sofia Coppola
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    Storyline

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    Middle-aged American movie star Bob Harris is in Tokyo to film a personal endorsement Suntory whiskey ad solely for the Japanese market. He is past his movie star prime, but his name and image still have enough cachet for him to have gotten this lucrative $2 million job. He has an unsatisfying home life where his wife Lydia follows him wherever he goes - in the form of messages and faxes - for him to deal with the minutiae of their everyday lives, while she stays at home to look after their kids. Staying at the same upscale hotel is fellow American, twenty-something recent Yale Philosophy graduate Charlotte, her husband John, an entertainment still photographer, who is on assignment in Japan. As such, she is largely left to her own devices in the city, especially when his job takes him out of Tokyo. Both Bob and Charlotte are feeling lost by their current situations, which are not helped by the cultural barriers they feel in Tokyo, those cultural barriers extending far beyond just not knowing the language. After a few chance encounters in the hotel, they end up spending much of their time hanging out together, each helping the other deal with their feelings of loss in their current lives. The friendship that develops between the two, which is not always a bumpy-free one, may be just for this specific place and time, but it may also have long lasting implications. —Huggo
    • older man younger woman relationship
    • american in tokyo
    • language barrier
    • unlikely friendship
    • loneliness
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    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Everyone wants to be found.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for some sexual content
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Bill Murray's favorite film of his own.
    • Goofs
      When John (Giovanni Ribisi) first runs into Kelly (Anna Faris) in the lobby of the hotel he calls her Anna.
    • Quotes

      Charlotte: Let's never come here again because it would never be as much fun.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the closing credits, Hiromix (Hiromi Toshikawa), seen throughout most of the party sequence, waves to the camera.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kevin Shields: City Girl (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Brass in Pocket
      (1980)

      Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott

      Performed by Scarlett Johansson (as Scarlett T. Johansson)

    User reviews2K

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    Top review
    9/10
    Lost Souls
    It's been a long time since a movie has made me hurt the way this one did. Perhaps "hurt" isn't the right word. "Ache" is more like it. I could so completely identify with both characters.

    Bob is a middle-aged actor caught in a life which has lost its zest and purpose, doing what he "ought" to be doing (making money doing whiskey commercials) instead of doing what he WANTS to do (plays). And then a young, beautiful, intelligent woman enters his orbit. On that level alone, with its mute longing and sexual tension, I can identify with him.

    And then there is Charlotte, a student of philosophy seeking herself, her soul lost and adrift. She doesn't know who she is, doesn't know what she wants. Her life is a quest for authenticity of self. And I identify with her because so much of my life I have been seeking the same thing.

    This movie isn't for everyone. They will call it boring, lifeless, limp. There are people, I realize, who have never experienced that kind of longing, who had never sought meaning in their lives, and searched for their own lost souls. They live for the here and now, without giving a thought to the spiritual aspects of life.

    A friend said introverts will love this movie, extraverts will hate it. I think that is a fair surface assessment. This movie is all about the inner lives of two people whose souls connect for a brief time in an alien city. It is a love affair not of bodies, but of minds and spirits.

    Some this movie will make angry. Some this movie will make weep.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Distributor's web site with synopsis and media
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Tarjima mashaqqatlari
    • Filming locations
      • Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
      • American Zoetrope
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $44,585,453
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $925,087
      • Sep 14, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $118,686,937
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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