US Trailer For Kiyoshi Kurosawa's TOKYO SONATA

You know, much has been made about how Tokyo Sonata is something of a departure for brilliant Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa but you know what? If it gets the man a theatrical release on these shores - which it has, his first since Cure I believe - then I'm all for it. And different or not it's still all Kurosawa and all brilliant.

TOKYO SONATA is a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. The father who abruptly loses his job conceals the truth from his family; the eldest son in college hardly returns home; the youngest son furtively takes piano lessons without telling his parents; and the mother, who knows deep down that her role is to keep the family together, cannot find the will to do so. From the exterior, all is normal and the same. But somehow, a single, unforeseeable chasm has appeared within the family, only to spread ever so quietly and quickly to disintegrate them.

The film releases on March 13th and the US trailer arrived today. Check the trailer out below the break. Oh, and that poster to the left? Brand new and premiering here at ScreenAnarchy. Hit the link below for a larger version.