Lost in Translation is love story set in Tokyo. Bob is a famous actor who comes to Tokyo for work, while housewife Charlotte is in Tokyo because of her husband's job. They feel lonely, happen to meet and fall in love. However, Bob has to go back America and their love is in vain.

Director Sophia Coppola once lived in Tokyo and has said in interviews that when she first came to Tokyo, she felt as if she had come to another planet. It seems that since that time she was interested in making a movie in Tokyo, and a wonderful representation of Tokyo, capturing the look of neon, buildings people. It is a good movie for people to learn a lot about Japan. However, there are several things I don't like about this film.

The first is that Japanese are shown as lower or less than westerners, as shown literally in the scene where Bob is shown on an elevator with the diminutive Japanese, or when Bob laughs at the Japanese for being unable to distinguish between the sounds of "R" and "L".

Second, I couldn't understand what Coppola wanted to express. Bob and Charlotte happen to meet in Tokyo and fall in love. However, Bob had to back to America. I wonder what Coppola wanted to express. This story's subject is very vague and should have been expressed more clearly. That is why I can't understand why this work was nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

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