Shoplifters (2018)

Original title

万引き家族

Directed by

Hirokazu Koreeda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 2,322 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor family in Tokyo survives by shoplifting. When they take in a young girl they find on the street, the bonds between them are tested.

tenderquietpoignantrestrainedmelancholicintimateslow-buildmoral ambiguity

What happens

Shoplifters (Japanese: 万引き家族, romanized: Manbiki Kazoku, lit. 'Shoplifting Family') is a 2018 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando, it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty. Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating what makes a family, inspired by reports on poverty and shoplifting in Japan. Principal photography began in mid-December 2017. Shoplifters premiered on 13 May 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or. The film was released in Japan on 8 June 2018 and was a critical and commercial success. Shoplifters won three Mainichi Film Awards, including Best Film, and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and the Golden Globes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Our Departures (2018)
• You Are You by You (2018)
• Hitsuji no Ki (2018)
• Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
• The Man from the Sea (2018)
• Does the Flower Blossom? (2018)
• And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)
• Natsume's Book of Friends Movie (2018)