Bob Harris is a superstar—or at least he used to be. His star is on the wane, and so he finds himself in Tokyo peddling Suntory whisky for a cool $2 million. Nice work, if you can get it.The thin...

When Charlotte tells her new BFF Bob that she's "stuck," truer words have never been spoken. Charlotte's a lethal combination of smart and self-aware, but indecisive and unambitious. The soul-pretz...

Lost in Translation is Bob and Charlotte's movie. These other three characters exist almost solely to help us understand Bob and Charlotte better. We're not supposed to be interested in what makes...