Tokyo Cowboy

2023

Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 96% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 631 631

montana fish out of water tokyo, japan cattle ranch japanese workplace person in a strange world

Director

Marc Marriott Photo
Marc Marriott

Top cast

Ryô Iwamatsu Photo
Ryô Iwamatsu as President Miwa
Robin Weigert Photo
Robin Weigert as Peg
Masashi Arifuku Photo
Masashi Arifuku as Matsuyama
Jun Kunimura Photo
Jun Kunimura as Wada
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1.06 GB
1280*526
Multiple languages 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 8
2.17 GB
1920*790
Multiple languages 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 30

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ronx-65170 10 / 10

Hidden Gem

Saw the exclusive NY premiere - even better than I expected. Well written, and a great story with drama. Some great humorous moments mixed in at the right times. A very original story, didn't have to fit the Hollywood blockbuster mold. Great performances, and a good plot that takes you between the skyscrapers of Japan, to a Montana ranch. Lots of emotion in the performances from the actors, and impressively enough, the film was shot in 15 days! You would never guess it after watching it. Very impressive how this came together despite it being an independent movie. Go watch and support it when it releases 8/30 in theaters.
Reviewed by mrtbey-89248 10 / 10

A masterpiece wih universal appeal

Director Marc Marriott has achieved the rare feat of creating a cinematic masterpiece that speaks to everyone, young and old, with equal force, in unforgettable imagery.The film has a simple message (it is a film with a big heart) but it develops this message and this meaning organically, through the questions the characters themselves ask and the quest they themselves set out upon, never knowing what they will find in the end nor the answer they will get. So the movie earns its credibility through the authenticity of the story itself and the superb performances that round out the production. Ten stars seems to slight a tribute!
Reviewed by EUyeshima 8 / 10

Mesmerizing Cross-Cultural Fish-Out-of-Water Tale Shuttles Between Tokyo and Montana

First-time feature director Marc Marriott isn't Japanese, but his early career apprenticeship with revered Ozu disciple Yoji Yamada shows through in this satisfying 2024 dramedy. Co-written by filmmaker Dave Boyle and actress Ayako Fujitani (who co-stars as Keiko), the film takes the tried-and-true fish-out-of-water trope and elevates it into a heartfelt cross-cultural transformation adventure. The plot focuses on Hideki, a driven Japanese salaryman who heads up acquisitions for a Tokyo-based chocolate company. One of his riskier moves was having the company buy a money-losing Montana cattle ranch, so he convinces his management team he can turn it around into a profitable business producing expensive wagyu beef. Accompanied by a grizzled wagyu expert too irresponsible to be helpful, Hideki travels to Montana full of arrogance that he will excite the ranchers with his brilliant venture. Of course the opposite occurs and things unravel quickly. The story evolves leisurely between the expected and the sublime, and avoiding a predictable narrative, Marriott takes a rather elliptical approach that makes the film resonate. Arata Iura affectingly makes Hideki a relatably reluctant hero, while Fujitani plays his fiancée Keiko with a nice mix of coveted warmth and unblinking efficiency given her character is also Hideki's no-nonsense boss. Robin Weigert plays the ranch manager with calm authority, and Goya Robles quietly steals the film as the sympathetic ranch hand Javier. His story is worthy of another movie. The film wraps things up a little too neatly, but that doesn't take away from its overall impact enhanced by Oscar Ignacio Jimenez's hypnotic cinematography.
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