Island of Dreams

(2009)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 16 votes

Genres: Thriller

Year: 2009

Runtime: 83 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 蔦哲一朗

Cast: 足立誠, Toshio Andou, Kakeru Hirasawa, Shigetaki Katayama, Ren Kido, Ikurô Kuraoka, Сигэру Морита, Tatsurô Nakamura, Hisae Tanakadate, Hiroko Uchida

Plot

A case-hardened cop is pitted against a young eco-terrorist. The title "island" is an artificial construct in Tokyo Bay, a mountain of garbage, a by-product of Japan’s economic boom years. The film’s protagonist Alan works there, almost buried under society’s detritus; his growing obsession with the search for “what has been lost” turns him into a "dangerous" activist. He targets the industrialist Wada, whose chemical factory secretly discharges toxic waste into the environment. But the cop Terayama, who thought he’d seen it all, starts researching eco-activism and soon suspects the haunted, taciturn young man he’s encountered in the neighborhood.