Unusual movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2005)

It is always assumed in such movies, that a bored businessman and a lonely newlywed will have an (read sexual) affair. Coppola has done us all a great favor by steering away from this.
What really impressed me was the "real-life" like acting....the characters could be any of us.... no over-acting, just the right mix of emotions.
"Lost in translation" to me also meant ..... whatever feelings the characters had for each other, was "lost" forever...unable to being "translated".....
Also, the language confusions and accents of Orientals has been well handled; I would have like to see the Japanese confusion with American English though...