Big Dreams Little Tokyo

Big Dreams Little Tokyo is a 2006 feature-length motion picture written and directed by Dave Boyle. The film premiered November 2, 2006 at the AFI Festival in Hollywood, California and is released on DVD through Echo Bridge on July 22, 2008.

Big Dreams Little Tokyo
Directed by	Dave Boyle
Written by	Dave Boyle
Produced by	Duane Andersen Meg Boyle
Cinematography	Bill Otto
Edited by	Duane Andersen Scott Hurst
Music by	Mark Schulz
Release date	2006 (2006)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Boyd is an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. He aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

Cast

Actor	Character
David Boyle	Boyd
Jayson Watabe	Jerome
Rachel Morihiro	Mai
Drew Knight	Andy
Pepe Serna	Mr. Gonzalez
Michael Yama	Mr. Ozu
James Kyson Lee	Murakami
Sonny Saito	Mr. Tanaka
Bobby Suetsugu	Mr. Sugimoto
Naohiro Takita	Mr. Fuji

Production

The film was the feature debut of Boyle who conceived the idea while living in the Japantown area of Sydney, Australia. Many of the characters in the film were based on people he met and interacted with while there. It was shot in the summer of 2005 in San Jose and San Francisco, California as well as Salt Lake City, Utah. Big Dreams Little Tokyo was produced by Duane Andersen and Megan Boyle.

References

• Review from LA Splash
• Interview with director David Boyle
• Inclusion of Big Dreams Little Tokyo in AFI 20/20 program
• AFI reports on BDLT opening night
• Interview from LA Japanese newspaper Rafu Shimpo

External links

• Official site
• Big Dreams Little Tokyo at IMDb
• Big Dreams Little Tokyo at AllMovie