Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
Cinematography
Tokyo's neon-soaked streets become a character in themselves.
Acting
Vikander's fractured, withholding performance carries every frame.
Score
Atticus Ross creates dread from silence and synth.
Director
Wash Westmoreland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Susanna Jones's 2001 novel; Westmoreland relocated it from 1990s Kobe to 1989 Tokyo to capture the final moments of Japan's bubble economy.
The 'earthquake bird' of the title refers to Japanese folklore about birds that supposedly predict seismic activity—a metaphor for Lucy's own catastrophizing intuition that something terrible is always coming.
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