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Lost in Translation (2003)

Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
R
Drama

Release Date
September 18, 2003
Director
Sofia Coppola
Cast
Scarlett Johansson , Bill Murray , Akiko Takeshita , Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe , Kazuko Shibata , Take
Runtime
102
Main Genre
Drama
Writers
Sofia Coppola
Tagline
Everyone wants to be found.

Summary

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

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