FARALLON FILMS

LIVING ON TOKYO TIME counts the beats in the life of Ken (Ken Nakagawa), a shy rock-and-roller unwilling to engage with the world around him, and Kyoko (Minako Ohashi), a 19-year-old Japanese dishwasher.

Kyoko has overstayed the limit on her green card, but is determined to prove to her family back home that she can do what she set out to do – namely, forget a broken engagement and survive on her own abroad. Through the coaxing of a mutual friend, Ken agrees to marry Kyoko so she can stay in the U.S. What he doesn't anticipate, however, is falling in love.

Steven Okazaki's first feature was initially funded by a grant from the American Film Institute and concocted as a weekend project with a group of friends, notably, actor Ken Nakagawa; writer John McCormick; cameraperson Zand Gee; sound recordist Giovanni di Simone; and actor/assistant director Judi Nihei. “Then Minako Ohashi showed up,” said Okazaki, “and she was so real and wonderful, a lark turned into a film.” LIVING ON TOKYO TIME premiered at Sundance in 1987, was picked up by a Skouras Pictures; and was released in 57 theaters in 52 cities across the country, with long runs in San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle and Honolulu.

A SKOURAS PICTURES RELEASE

Produced by LYNN O'DONNELL and DENNIS HAYASHI

Directed by STEVEN OKAZAKI

1987 / Comedy / 83 Minutes