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Lost in Translation

Year:

2003

Duration:

101 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 104 wins & 75 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-10-03

Filming Locations: Omote-Sando, Tokyo, Japan

Earnings

Budget: $4,000,000

Opening Weekend: $925,087 (USA) (14 September 2003)

Gross: $44,566,004 (USA) (21 March 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Giovanni Ribisi

Lost in Translation

Scarlett Johansson

Lost in Translation

Bill Murray

Bob Harris

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 (as Francois du Bois)

Tim Leffman

Sausalito Guitar

Gregory Pekar

American Businessman #1

Richard Allen

American Businessman #2

Daiamondo Yukai

Commercial Director (as Yutaka Tadokoro)

Jun Maki

Suntory Client

Nao Asuka

Premium Fantasy Woman

Tetsuro Naka

Stills Photographer

Kanako Nakazato

Make-Up Person

Fumihiro Hayashi

Charlie

Hiroko Kawasaki

Hiroko

Daikon

Bambie

Anna Faris

Kelly

Asuka Shimuzu

Kelly's Translator

Ikuko Takahashi

Ikebana Instructor

Koichi Tanaka

Bartender, NY Bar

Hugo Codaro

Aerobics Instructor

Akiko Monô

P Chan

Akimitsu Naruyama

French Japanese Nightclub Patron

Hiroshi Kawashima

Bartender, Nightclub

Hiromi Toshikawa

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 (as Mathew Minami)

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

Did you know?

Trivia

The entire budget for the film was $4 million. It grossed $44.5 million in North America alone and $119.7 million world wide.

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The dish that Bill Murray's character complains about saying who goes to a restaurant where you have to cook your own food is called Shabu Shabu. It is very thinly sliced raw meat along with various vegetables that the consumer dips in boiling broth.

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The inspiration for having Bob Harris do a Suntory whisky commercial was partially inspired by the fact that Sofia Coppola's father, Francis Ford Coppola, made a real Suntory commercial with Akira Kurosawa in the 1970s.

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Goofs

When Charlotte listens to the "find yourself CD" she is looking at the front cover, which makes the back of the cover visible to the audience. When she turns the box around, the back cover that she's looking at is different than the one we just saw.

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After Charlotte injures her toe there is a shot of her sitting in the window. You can clearly see both of her feet including the toe that was injured (and later proved to be so bad that she needed to go to the hospital) but all toes look normal.

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In the sushi restaurant, Charlotte's chopsticks repeatedly disappear and reappear between shots.

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Quotes

Charlotte: I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through a photography phase. You know, horses... taking pictures of your feet.

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Bob: I don't get that close to the glass until I'm on the floor.

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Bob: Enjoy my jacket, which you stole from me.

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Faq

What temples and shrines does Charlotte go to?

After the subway scene in the beginning of the movie she goes to Jugan-ji Temple located in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. When she travels to Kyoto in the Shinkansen bullet train and observes a traditional Japanese wedding, she is in Nanzenji Temple, and when she ties a white piece of paper on the tree, she is in Heian Shrine.

What hotel was the film shot in, and in which room?

The movie was shot at the Park Hyatt Tokyo. Charlotte's room is a Diplomat Suite.

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