---
title: 'Lost in Translation (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sofia Coppola'
released: '2003-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lost-in-translation-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lost in Translation (2003)

2003 · 97 min · Drama, Romance · United States, Japan

Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## Synopsis

Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whiskey. He befriends another disillusioned American, Charlotte, a recent college graduate who has been married for two years. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It does not use mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sofia Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-coppola)
- **Screenplay:** [Sofia Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-coppola)
- **Producer:** [Sofia Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-coppola), [Ross Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-katz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kevin Shields](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-shields)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lance Acord](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-acord)
- **Editor:** [Sarah Flack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-flack)

## Cast

- [Akiko Takeshita](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiko-takeshita)
- [Giovanni Ribisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-ribisi) as John
- [Hiroko Kawasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroko-kawasaki)
- [Fumihiro Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumihiro-hayashi)
- [Hiromix](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiromix)
- [Akiko Monō](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiko-mono)
- [Akira Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-yamaguchi)
- [Diamond Yukai](https://cinepixo.com/people/diamond-yukai)
- [Scarlett Johansson](https://cinepixo.com/people/scarlett-johansson) as Charlotte
- [Anna Faris](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-faris)
- [Takashi Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-fujii)
- [François Du Bois](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-du-bois)
- [Nancy Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-steiner)
- [Akira](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira)
- [Bill Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-murray) as Bob Harris

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Official site: https://www.lost-in-translation.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lost-in-translation-2003
Film facts: Wikidata (Q107270); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.