Purdie Distribution has released a new trailer for the beautifully made upcoming indie film Tokyo Cowboy. The owners of GeekTyrant including myself Joey Paur, Free Reyes, and Justin Troung are executive producers on the film, and it’s a movie we love and we hope that you get a chance to see it. It does not disappoint.
The movie follows a Japanese businessman who embarks on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a company trip from Tokyo to a Montana cattle ranch.
“Now unsettled and off the grid in an alien culture, Hideki recalibrates his values and his life goals. Director Marc Marriott and cinematographer Oscar Ignacio Jiménez create a Big Sky setting that could reset any of us in need of self-discovery.”
The synopsis reads: “Brash Tokyo businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) arrives in Montana – known as Big Sky Country – having convinced his bosses back in Japan he can turn a profitless US cattle ranch into a premiere-performing beef asset.
“Yet when his Hardee’s-burger-loving Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is suddenly poised to misfire magnificently unless he identifies a missing element that’s key to the transformation… himself.”
The film premiered last year at the 2023 Tallgrass Film Festival, where it won Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Award. It also won Best Feature Drama at Sedona International Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, and Best Feature Film at the Zions Indie Film Festival.
The film has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes after a long run making the rounds at several film festivals.
Tokyo Cowboy was directed by Marc Marriott making his feature directorial debut and it was produced by Brigham Taylor (The Jungle Book, Tomorrowland, Tron: Legacy).
The film stars Arata Iura as Hideki, with Ayako Fujitani, Goya Robles, Robin Weigert, and Jun Kunimura.
Tokyo Cowboy will get a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York City on August 30th, and then it will expand into other theaters in the following weeks.
