Being that this is a collection of short films it is hard to grade this together. I hated the second one. I loved the first one. I find the third one OK. The first one was the only one that had an emotional core that got a striking visual representation. The did not feel like it had anything to do with Tokyo and could have taken place in any other city. The other thing about the second movie is that it had seemingly little to do with Tokyo or the people at all. I felt really disappointed with this one. It might have been OK as a stand alone short film, but as a part of a collection called Tokyo it was worthless. I was interested in the character and his motivations, but I got no closure about anything at the end of it all. The third one was alright, but it felt empty. The one character was interesting and I related to him quite a bit and the idea that everyone became a recluse was startling and made the short film resonate quite a bit. It was slow and then the character arc moved too quickly. They spent a lot of time building up the character and within a short period of time he is running about the streets trying to get everyone out of the house. The first film was my favorite and it really was the only one of the three that deserved to really be labeled as Tokyo!. There were some real characters going through some real problems and ended with a very fantastical way that really expanded on the character. Since the story was so grounded in quite a few ways in reality the transformation really was shocking. I really enjoyed it and it was definitely the strongest of the three films.
The fact that I had some pretty mixed reactions to the three different films it makes it hard to give an overall score that represents the film as a whole.
The fact that I had some pretty mixed reactions to the three different films it makes it hard to give an overall score that represents the film as a whole.