Tokyo Shaking

Tokyo Shaking

Directed by Olivier Peyon

Produced by Les Films du Lendemain, Wild Bunch

2021105 min6.1 / 10

A tense, character-driven drama about a woman caught between professional duty and family survival during Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis.

March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its scope. Among them, Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank, has to face this nuclear crisis. Torn apart between fol- lowing the company’s instructions and going back to her husband and children who are still in Hong Kong, she will find herself defending honor and given word, despite the pervading terror and chaos.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tokyo Shaking sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Tokyo Shaking violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Tokyo Shaking easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Tokyo Shaking end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Tokyo Shaking scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity35

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Tokyo Shaking

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Tokyo Shaking

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Tokyo Shaking, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Tokyo Shaking, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Tokyo Shaking, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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