LIVING ON TOKYO TIME
A film review by Kurt Thearling
Copyright 1987 Kurt Thearling
I just saw LIVING ON TOKYO TIME last weekend and I saw WISH YOU WERE HERE a few weeks ago. Both were great. [WISH YOU WERE WERE HERE is reviewed in another article. -ecl]
LIVING ON TOKYO TIME is a comedy about a Japanese girl who comes to the United States after her fiance dumps her for another woman. After she is here for a while, she realizes that she must find a way to stay or she will be deported. One of her co-workers suggests that she marry someone so that she can get a permanent residency visa. This is where Ken steps in. A Japanese-American musician with a heavy metal band, he has just broken up with his girlfriend. He has nothing better to do so he gets married. She speaks only a little English, he speaks no Japanese. The two come from two different worlds (they could be different planets) and have little in common. The story then revolves around the trials and tribulations of a marriage between two people who nothing about each other.
One note, LIVING ON TOKYO TIME is a very dry comedy. There is not much excitement but there are some good laughs. I would give it a 8 out of 10.
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