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Adrift in Tokyo (2007) R1 NTSC DVD9 - Satoshi Miki 
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Plot or synopsis :
"To see Tokyo in all it's wacky and scenic splendor, take a long walk with Tenten (a.k.a. Adrift in Tokyo). 
The latest from director Miki Satoshi (Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia ), Tenten is a brilliantly manic 
road comedy starring the unbeatable tag team of Odagiri Joe (Tokyo Tower - Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad) 
and Miura Tomokazu (The Taste of Tea). Both actors are playing roles they could do in their sleep - prickly 
middle-ager and slacker student with unfortunate hair - and they bring the exact combination of calm calamity 
and charismatic craziness the film calls for. In the grand tradition of male bonding road movies, Tenten is just 
the aimless story of two strange guys walking around Tokyo for a few days and the stranger adventures they 
encounter - and yet, it's so much more.

Underachieving law student Takemura (Odagiri Joe) - on his eighth year and counting - has racked up quite a 
sizable debt in the name of higher education. The urgency of his financial situation announces itself in the form 
of hot-tempered debt collector Fukuhara (Miura Tomokazu), who comes bursting into his apartment one night 
demanding payment and threatening painful repercussions. Short of hitting it big on pachinko, Takemura has 
no idea how he can possibly pay back the sum. As the deadline closes in, Fukuhara makes Takemura an 
unexpected proposition: walk with him from Kichijoji (in western Tokyo) to Kasumigaseki (in central Tokyo), 
and he'll pay the indebted student one million yen, enough to cover his debt. Bewildered but in no position 
to argue, Takemura hits the road with Fukuhara who, it turns out, just killed his wife and wants to turn himself 
in at a specific police station in Kasumigaseki. Getting there will take some time though, because many 
wacky people (including Koizumi Kyoko as a club madam) and surprise detours await them on the road 
in between." 


 IMDb Link..........: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098226/
 Midnight Eye Review: http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/adrift-in-tokyo.shtml
 Twitch Review......: http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/udine-report-adrift-in-tokyo-review/
 Japan Times Review.: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20071109a1.html

 Genre..............: Comedy / Drama
 Distributor........: Evokative Films (Canada)
 Year...............: 2007
 Country............: Japan
 Director...........: Satoshi Miki (In The Pool, Instant Swamp, Turtles etc)

 Source.............: DVD9 Canadian Retail-Credits to Famitsu01@ADC!!
 DVD Format.........: NTSC
 DVD Size...........: DVD5
 Programs Used......: DVD Decrypter/DVD Remake Pro
 Screen Format......: Widescreen 1.85 : 1
 Audio Language.....: Japanese
 Audio Format.......: DD 2.0
 Subtitles..........: English, French

 Menu...............: [X] Untouched, intact.
                     

 Video..............: [X] Untouched, intact.
                      

 DVD Extras.........:[X] Stripped. (maybe I'll post the DVD9 as well lateron!!)
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Credits to Famitsu for the original share of the DVD9@ADC!!
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Enjoy this highly interesting Japanese movie!
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