Charlotte has joined her new husband in Tokyo, but what she had hoped would be an adventure for them both finds her marooned and alone. Staying in the same hotel is Bob, a jaded film star in the city to do a whiskey commercial, and it is only when the sleepless pair meet in the hotel bar that their depressed isolation begins to lift. Lost in Translation is remarkably simple in its conception, two people who would seem to have nothing in common, but who form a bond of affection and unspoken understanding that goes far beyond what is conventionally referred to as "screen chemisty." A witty, touching and highly original comedy about the purity of friendship.