Directed by the famous Jun Ichikawa based on Haruki Murakami’s novel Tony Takitani.
Released January 29, 2005.
Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. Being alone was normal since his mother died young and his father was always away with his jazz band. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony seems to find emotions illogical and immature.After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion. Eventually he marries her, and his life changes. He feels vibrantly alive and for the first time he understands and fears loneliness. But her obsession with designer clothes begins to worry him. When he asks her to
economize, the consequences are tragic.Alone again, Tony sits in his wife’s closet gazing at her treasured couture pieces, the whispering ghosts of her soul. Finally, Tony places an ad in the paper searching for a woman who is a perfect Size 7.
Credits to Tony Takitani’s official website at www.tonytakitani.com
For a while I thought I’d never see a movie like this. The textures, the movements, the sounds, the pictures, the beautiful dialogues all come in synphony as if they were born to be put together by someone.
Being a huge fan of Murakami’s work, I could recognize his tone and style in a lot of the words and ideas. Although I am relatively new in discovering Ichikawa’s work, I could tell there was dedication and love put in the making of this film.
As I watched it, I became more and more absorbed in the characters’ world – what is made entirely of sadness and solitude, however not in a way that is pitiful; but in a way that is incredibly mesmerizing.
Look forward to another review of Ichikawa’s work soon as I will get into it from now on.
It’s as if she was made to dress up.Credits from Tony Takitani film.
