Sometimes you choose your family.
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
- 7.8
- 2018
- Released
- 2h 0m
Lily Franky
Osamu Shibata
Sakura Ando
Nobuyo Shibata
Mayu Matsuoka
Aki Shibata
Kairi Jo
Shota Shibata
Miyu Sasaki
Yuri
Kirin Kiki
Hatsue Shibata
Sosuke Ikematsu
4 Ban-san
Naoto Ogata
Yuzuru Shibata
Yōko Moriguchi
Yoko Shibata
Yuki Yamada
Yasu Hojo
Moemi Katayama
Nozomi Hojo
Kengo Kora
Takumi Maezono
Chizuru Ikewaki
Kie Miyabe
Akira Emoto
Yoritsugu Kawado
Aju Makita
Sayaka Shibata
Hajime Inoue
Yoneyama
Haruna Hori
Harumi
Nana Mizoguchi
Ayu
Madoka Tomosaki
Okubo
Released
ja
- #japan
- #family relationships
- #family drama
- #tokyo, japan
- #poverty
- #orphan
- #crime family
- #shoplifting
- #social realism
- #insecure
- #shoplifter
- #thoughtful
- #philosophical
- #petty crimes
- #complex
- #asian origins
Reviews
A genuinely super film about a family of small time chancers who survive on their wits on the verge of poverty. There is something almost Fagin-esque about their behaviour, but in best Robin Hood tradition we always feel that their small-scale criminal activities are carried out as a result of necessity than from any need or wish to do anyone else any harm. They take in a little girl off the stree