It wouldn’t be summer in Tokyo without the sound of the Semi (Japanese Cicada). The mating song emitted by males is one of the loudest insect-produced sounds in the world (up to 120 decibels).

The Tokyo Summer Olympics start Friday, and NBCUniversal is facing a major technical challenge without fans in attendance: sound design.

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Spain Production: A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema production. (International sales: Imagina, Madrid.) Produced by Jaume Roures. Executive producer, Javier Mendez.

An erotic thriller about a Japanese assassin who falls in love with her Spanish target, Isabel Coixet’s “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” is “Nikita” reincarnated with Tokyo eyes. Glossy ...

Film Map of the Sounds of Tokyo NR • 1 hour 42 min • 2009 by Cliff Doerksen December 9, 2010 ...

New PS2 Beatmania: The Sound of Tokyo More Beamani from Konami. Find out about this latest PS2 entry. By IGN Staff Updated: Jun 17, 2012 4:41 pm Posted: Dec 21, 2000 4:30 pm ...

If “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo” sounds like some retro Japanese creature feature, guess again. This is, in fact, a gentle docu-tribute to Japan’s age-old connection to the insect world, a ...

“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” delivers a major disappointment after Coixet’s underrated Philip Roth adaptation “Elegy,” which seemed to herald the arrival of a new, tougher-minded vigor ...