Tokyo Ride
Revisiting the genre of the road movie in a very diaristic manner, Tokyo Ride takes us along for a ride on Ryue Nishizawa’s vintage Alfa Romeo for a day, wandering in the streets of Tokyo. More than a portrait, in the classical sense, of one of the most talented and celebrated Japanese architects of today, the film renders in its pure spontaneity the experience of this friendly urban drift. Nishizawa narrates along the way his strong relationship with his hometown through some sites he personally affectionates, buildings that have influenced him, and some of his own architecture projects. The film questions how deep-rooted the architecture practice is and how much the built and cultural environment feeds and shapes our imagination.
Supported by the Japan Foundation in Cairo