Big Dreams Little Tokyo is a 2006 feature-length motion picture written and directed by Dave Boyle. The film premiered November 2, 2006 at the AFI Festival in Hollywood, California and is released on DVD through Echo Bridge on July 22, 2008.

Plot

Boyd is an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. He aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

Cast

Actor	Character
David Boyle	Boyd
Jayson Watabe	Jerome
Rachel Morihiro	Mai
Drew Knight	Andy
Pepe Serna	Mr. Gonzalez
Michael Yama	Mr. Ozu
James Kyson Lee	Murakami
Sonny Saito	Mr. Tanaka
Bobby Suetsugu	Mr. Sugimoto
Naohiro Takita	Mr. Fuji

Production

The film was the feature debut of Boyle who conceived the idea while living in the Japantown area of Sydney, Australia. Many of the characters in the film were based on people he met and interacted with while there. It was shot in the summer of 2005 in San Jose and San Francisco, California as well as Salt Lake City, Utah. Big Dreams Little Tokyo was produced by Duane Andersen and Megan Boyle.

Year	2006
ReleaseDate	2006-11-02
RuntimeMins	86
RuntimeStr	1h 26min
Plot	Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his room…
Directors	Dave Boyle
Writers	Dave Boyle
Stars	Dave Boyle, Jayson Watabe, Rachel Morihiro
Produced by	Duane Andersen,Meg Boyle,Howard Hayes
Music by	Mark Schulz
Cinematography by	Bill Otto
Film Editing by	Duane Andersen,Scott Hurst
Production Design by	Erica Elmer
Set Decoration by	Barbara Abbott
Makeup Department	Tiffany Correa,Macy McKenzie
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Jonny Craddock,Lansia Wann
Art Department	Shawn M. Astin,Sergio González Kuhn,Tom Hail,Clark Schaffer
Sound Department	Mario Crystal,Larry Dean Embry,Darrell Karren,Yaz Kim,Michael L. McDonough,Ryan Purcell,Larry Dean Embry,Michael L. McDonough
Visual Effects by	Todd Sali
Camera and Electrical Department	Stephen H. Aldridge,Sal Cocuzza,Adrian Herman,Scott Hurst,William Long,Tsuyoshi Nakata,John H. Virgo
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Sonja A. Nelson
Editorial Department	Edward W. Arsuffi,Spencer Burnside,Jacob Hoehne,Ramy Katrib,Dieter Sanchez,Patrick Woodard
Script and Continuity Department	Spencer Burnside
Additional Crew	Bryce Bishop,Jeffrey S. Breglio,Kim Dixon,Mark Madsen,Edvin Megrabyan,Antonio Palacios,Amanda Suchy,Ben Wilson
Thanks	Peter D. Brown,Courtney Gains,Kirby Heyborne,Wynn Hougaard,Tyler Measom,Eiko Nijo,Josiah Polhemus,Rick Porras,Maya Shimoguchi
Genres	Comedy, Romance
Companies	Brainwave, Beagledorp Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	Spanish, English, Japanese
ContentRating	Not Rated
ImDbRating	6.3
ImDbRatingVotes	309
Keywords	japanese in america,asian woman,japanese american,japanese girl,speaking japanese