Lost in Translation

8.7 Score

2003 • 1h 42min • R • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lost in Translation

"Everyone wants to be found."

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.

IMDb 7.7

RT 95%

MC 91

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Scarlett Johansson

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Giovanni Ribisi

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Anna Faris

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Akiko Takeshita

Akiko Takeshita

Ms. Kawasaki

Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe

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