Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bill Murray
Bob Harris
Scarlett Johansson
Charlotte
Giovanni Ribisi
John
Anna Faris
Kelly
Akiko Takeshita
Ms. Kawasaki
Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe
Press Agent
Kazuko Shibata
Press Agent
Take
Press Agent
Ryuichiro Baba
Concierge
Akira Yamaguchi
Bellboy
Catherine Lambert
Jazz Singer
François du Bois
Sausalito Piano
Tim Leffman
Sausalito Guitar
Gregory Pekar
American Businessman #1
Richard Allen
American Businessman #2
Diamond Yukai
Commercial Director
Jun Maki
Suntory Client
Nao Asuka
Premium Fantasy Woman
Tetsuro Nakagawa
Stills Photographer
Kanako Nakazato
Make-Up Person
Fumihiro Hayashi
Charlie Brown
Hiroko Kawasaki
Hiroko
Daikon
Bambie
Asuka Shimuzu
Kelly's Translator
Ikuko Takahashi
Ikebana Instructor
Koichi Tanaka
Bartender, NY Bar
Hugo Codaro
Aerobics Instructor
Akiko Monou
P Chan
Akimitsu Naruyama
French Japanese Nightclub Patron
Hiroshi Kawashima
Bartender, Nightclub
Hiromix
Hiromix
Nobuhiko Kitamura
Nobu
Nao Kitman
Nao
Akira
Hans
Kunichi Nomura
Kun
Yasuhiko Hattori
Charlie's Friend
Shigekazu Aida
Mr. Valentine
Kazuo Yamada
Hospital Receptionist
Akira Motomura
Old Man
Osamu Shigematu
Doctor
Takashi Fujii
TV Host
Kei Takyo
TV Translator
Ryo Kondo
Politician
Yumi Ikeda
Politician's Aide
Yumika Saki
Politician's Aide
Yuji Okabe
Politician's Aide
Dietrich Bollmann
German Hotel Guest
Georg O.P. Eschert
German Hotel Guest
Mark Willms
Carl West
Lisle Wilkerson
Sexy Businesswoman
Nancy Steiner
Lydia Harris (voice) (uncredited) / Costume Design
Lance Acord
Director of Photography / Camera Operator
Sofia Coppola
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Kevin Shields
Original Music Composer
Anne Ross
Production Design
Sarah Flack
Editor
Ross Katz
Producer
K.K. Barrett
Production Design
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer / Thanks
Anthony Katagas
Production Supervisor
Tomomi Nishio
Set Decoration
Towako Kuwashima
Set Decoration
Kent Sparling
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Assistant Editor
Lorne Michaels
Thanks
Kira Smith
Boom Operator
Rika Nakanishi
Art Direction
Eva Z. Cabrera
Script Supervisor
Spike Jonze
Thanks
Keizô Shukuzaki
Unit Production Manager
Morag Ross
Key Hair Stylist
Roman Coppola
Thanks
Mitch Glazer
Associate Producer
Callum Greene
Line Producer
Richard Beggs
Music Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer
Kelly Lynch
Thanks
Fred Roos
Executive Producer
Josh Hartnett
Thanks
Paul Simon
Thanks
Kiyoshi Inoue
Line Producer
Yuji Wada
Gaffer
Wes Anderson
Thanks
Marnie Moore
Foley
Brian Reitzell
Music Supervisor
Deborah Wallach
ADR & Dubbing
Andrea F. Cannistraci
Legal Services
Drew Kunin
Production Sound Mixer
Julia Shirar
Sound Effects Editor
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Additional Music
Masahiro Yoshikawa
Production Coordinator
Ryo Sugimoto
Assistant Art Director
Momoko Nakamura
Assistant Art Director
Masae Sakurai
Set Costumer
Michael Kirchberger
Supervising Sound Editor
Akemi
Makeup Artist
Glenn Kasprzycki
Sound Recordist
Roy Hawkins
Music
Mark Williams
First Assistant Camera
Takahide Kawakami
First Assistant Director
Taiichi Sugiyama
Second Assistant Director
Shu Fujimoto
Second Second Assistant Director
Motonobu Kato
Second Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 18, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,000,000
Box Office$119,723,856
Filming LocationsTokyo · Kyoto, Japan
Genres
Wiki.
Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whisky. There, he befriends another estranged American named Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman and recent college graduate. Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, and Fumihiro Hayashi are also featured. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It defies mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.Coppola started writing the film after spending time in Tokyo and becoming fond of the city. She began forming a story about two characters experiencing a "romantic melancholy" in the Park Hyatt Tokyo, where she stayed while promoting her first feature film, the 1999 drama The Virgin Suicides. Coppola envisioned Murray playing the role of Bob Harris from the beginning and tried to recruit him for up to a year, relentlessly sending him telephone messages and letters. While Murray eventually agreed to play the part, he did not sign a contract; Coppola spent a quarter of the film's $4 million budget without knowing if he would actually appear for shooting. When Murray finally arrived, Coppola described feelings of significant relief.
Principal photography began on September 29, 2002, and lasted 27 days. Coppola kept a flexible schedule during filming with a small crew and minimal equipment. The screenplay was short and Coppola often allowed a significant amount of improvisation during filming. The film's director of photography, Lance Acord, used available light as often as possible, and many Japanese places of business and public areas were used as locations for shooting. After 10 weeks of editing, Coppola sold distribution rights for the United States and Canada to Focus Features, and the company promoted the film by generating positive word of mouth before its theatrical release.
Lost in Translation premiered on August 29, 2003, at the Telluride Film Festival, and was distributed to American theatres on September 12, 2003, to major critical and commercial success. Critics praised the performances of Murray and Johansson as well as the writing and direction of Coppola; minor criticism was given to the film's depiction of Japan and Japanese people. At the 76th Academy Awards, Lost in Translation won Coppola Best Original Screenplay, and the film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Coppola), and Best Actor (Murray). Other accolades won include three Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.