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Our Little Sister (2015)

Our Little Sister poster
Original title
海街diary
Directed by
Hirokazu Koreeda
Genre
drama film, family film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
AA
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 567 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three sisters in Kamakura take in their young half sister after their father dies. The four of them learn to live together and form a new family.

gentlewarmreflectivebittersweetintimatequietslow-pacedfamily-bonding

What happens

Our Little Sister (Japanese: 海街 diary, Hepburn: Umimachi Diary; lit. "Seaside town diary") is a 2015 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga series Umimachi Diary. It stars Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho and Suzu Hirose. The film follows three sisters living in Kamakura, alongside their half sister. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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