The feature debut of writer/director Joshua Woodcock,
One Night in Tokyo stars Reza Emamiyeh as Sam, an American who travels to Tokyo to join his
girlfriend only to or her to end their relationship as soon as he arrives.
Left alone in the city as he waits for a flight back home, Sam bonds with
local woman Ayaka (Tokiko Kitagawa) over the course of the night.
One Night in Tokyo is on US VOD from February 14th. A UK/ROI
release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Sam arrives in Tokyo to visit his expat girlfriend Becca -- only to be broken up with as soon as he arrives at her apartment. Left wandering around Tokyo alone, he decides to return to the U.S. the next day. Stuck for the night awaiting his new flight, he makes an unlikely friend in Ayaka, who reluctantly takes him out with her friends.
As Sam and Ayaka both struggle to communicate due to their language barrier, trust and reliance in each other become imminent when betrayal sends their worlds crashing down. As the pair venture through the mesmerizing streets of Tokyo together, they must not only overcome obstacles to understand each other, but also break down their own walls to understand themselves.
