Three short films set in Tokyo but made by foreigners - Frenchmen Michel Gondry and Leos Carax, and South Korea's Bong Joon-ho - Tokyo! finds xenophobes and freaks wandering the streets of Japan's capital, grappling with alienation and ennui, horror and regret, toilet paper and pizza boxes.
Without doubt the standout, Gondry's "Interior Design" tracks a young couple as they hunt for an apartment, staying in the claustrophobic flat of a friend while seeking employment and a space they can afford. As fans of Gondry (The Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) might expect, these typical pursuits turn pretty weird: I won't say how weird, but the girlfriend Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) undergoes a metamorphosis one doesn't see every day.
