'' Tokyo Fiancée '' is a 2014 Belgian romance-drama film written and directed by Stefan Liberski . It is based on Amélie Nothomb 's 2007 autographical novel of the same name . The movie tells the story of a 21-year-old Belgian woman , Amélie ( Pauline Étienne ) , who has a romance with Rinri ( Taichi Inoue ) , a young Japanese man in Tokyo . She met him when she offered French language tutoring services through a bulletin board . It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . It received three nominations at the 5th Magritte Awards
5th Magritte Awards
5th Magritte Awards
Tokyo Fiancée (film)