The film Lost in Translation features two Americans in Tokyo whose alienation is heightened not just by language difficulties (neither speaks Japanese) but also by cultural differences. Both characters arrive in Japan feeling some form of disquiet. Bill Murray's character is an actor whose career is in decline and who has come to Tokyo to film some lucrative whiskey commercials. Scarlett Johansson's character has come to Japan with her photographer husband, who leaves her in the hotel while he goes to photo shoots.
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