Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo

2007101 min7.1 / 10

Comedy japan walking yakuza

A gently comedic buddy film about an unlikely friendship forged through a wandering journey across Tokyo, balancing humor with quiet melancholy.

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

Essence

Ensemble

Joe Odagiri

Fumiya Takemura

Tomokazu Miura

Aiichiro Fukuhara

Kyoko Koizumi

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Kumiko Aso

Mikaduki Shizuka

Eri Fuse

Kami Hiraiwa

Léona Hirota

Yoshizumi Ishihara

Yoshizumi Ishihara

Young Man of Jelly Shop

Mitsuko Ishii

Ryo Iwamatsu

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Closest match

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Kikujiro

Sun Dogs

Winter Flies

Dough

Boundaries

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And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.

The Worst Ones

My Thoughts Are Silent

My Thoughts Are Silent

Here Today

My Dog Stupid

Same mood

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

The Trip

Good Morning

The Last Detail

The Last Detail

Soul Kitchen

The Ramen Girl

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Isle of Dogs

Boy

My Life as a Dog

My Life as a Dog

Paper Man

Go darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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House

Sanjuro

Kids Return

First Love

Dolls

Drunken Angel

Sonatine

The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

Something gentler

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Beverly Hills Ninja

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Hidden gem

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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