Tony Takitani (2004) on Netflix
Tony Takitani, a solitary technical illustrator, falls for Eiko Konuma, a client who comes to him on business. Eiko buys clothes obsessively, and her shopping becomes a problem.
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Plot summary
When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic.
Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed, they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony finds himself becoming more irrational and instinctive. After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion.
Due to his Western name, Tony was shunned by other kids and spent a solitary childhood. Though gifted as an artist, his drawings lacked feeling, so as an adult, he carved a career as a technical illustrator. Then in middle age, Tony suddenly falls for a pretty young woman, Eiko Konuma, who visits him one day on business. Eiko is like an angel in Tony's daily existence, and for the first time in his life, he feels connected to the outside world. However, Eiko does have one fault: she's a clothing shopaholic. Confusion also begins to develop when it appears that Eiko has a double.
—Sujit R. Varma
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tony Takitani (2004)
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- The film's source short story came from a real Tony Takitani: Haruki Murakami spotted a yellow T-shirt reading "Tony Takitani, House (D)" at a thrift shop on Maui, learned the man was running for office, and wrote his life story.
