Tokyo In/On Film

By: Zachary Curl

Tokyo is one of my favorite places in the world, and here are some of my favorite celluloid depictions of this enormous, beautiful labyrinth of a city. In no discernible order, these films help shape both my memory of the city, as well as everything i always wanted it to be.

• 01
  Tokyo Drifter
  Seijun Suzuki
• 02
  Whisper of the Heart
  Yoshifumi Kondô
• 03
  Stray Dog
  Akira Kurosawa
• 04
  Tokyo Godfathers
  Satoshi Kon
• 05
  Tokyo Story
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 06
  Akira
  Katsuhiro Ôtomo
• 07
  Tokyo Twilight
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 08
  5 Centimeters per Second
  Makoto Shinkai
• 09
  Tokyo Eyes
  Jean-Pierre Limosin
• 10
  Early Spring
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 11
  Equinox Flower
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 12
  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  Mamoru Hosoda
• 13
  Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
  Isabel Coixet
• 14
  The Ruined Map
  Hiroshi Teshigahara
• 15
  My Neighbors the Yamadas
  Isao Takahata
• 16
  Violent Cop
  Takeshi Kitano
• 17
  Fireworks
  Takeshi Kitano
• 18
  Tokyo Olympiad
  Kon Ichikawa
• 19
  Tokyo-Ga
  Wim Wenders
• 20
  Perfect Blue
  Satoshi Kon
• 21
  Kids Return
  Takeshi Kitano
• 22
  The Taste of Tea
  Katsuhito Ishii
• 23
  Sans soleil
  Chris Marker
• 24
  Adrift in Tokyo
  Satoshi Miki
• 25
  Tokyo!
  Bong Joon-ho
• 26
  Tokyo Decadence
  Ryû Murakami
• 27
  Enter the Void
  Gaspar Noé
• 28
  Cure
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 29
  Tokyo Sonata
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 30
  Dead or Alive
  Takashi Miike
• 31
  Godzilla
  Ishirô Honda