Preteen Akira Fukushima (Yûya Yagira) and his young siblings have been abandoned by their mother, Keiko (You). Keiko, who has moved in with a new lover, has left Akira in charge of his brother, two sisters and a whole apartment, with little money and food to see them through. Akira and the other children, who were never enrolled in school, struggle to survive without basic amenities as they cope with a strange, solitary existence in a Tokyo apartment building.
Keywords
- Cannes : Winners' Filmography
- Cinéart: 50 Years of Great Cinema
- Meisterwerke der 2000er
- Fien Trochs Lieblingsfilme
- Film Fest Gent !
- From a Child’s Perspective
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Japanese Cinema
- Jean-Pierre und Luc Dardennes Lieblingsfilme
- Joachim Lafosses Lieblingsfilme
- Michaël R. Roskams Lieblingsfilme
- Nur bei Sooner
- The Sooner team's favorites: Sarah
- Kindheit
Actors
- Yuichi Kimura
- Ayu Kitaura
- Hanae Kan
- Takako Tate
- Ryo Kase
- Momoko Shimizu
- Yûya Yagira
- You
- Sei Hiraizumi
- Yukiko Okamoto
- Susumu Terajima
- Hiei Kimura
Director
- Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Drama
2h 21min
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Preteen Akira Fukushima (Yûya Yagira) and his young siblings have been abandoned by their mother, Keiko (You). Keiko, who has moved in with a new lover, has left Akira in charge of his brother, two sisters and a whole apartment, with little money and food to see them through. Akira and the other children, who were never enrolled in school, struggle to survive without basic amenities as they cope with a strange, solitary existence in a Tokyo apartment building.
Preteen Akira Fukushima (Yûya Yagira) and his young siblings have been abandoned by their mother, Keiko (You). Keiko, who has moved in with a new lover, has left Akira in charge of his brother, two sisters and a whole apartment, with little money and food to see them through. Akira and the other children, who were never enrolled in school, struggle to survive without basic amenities as they cope with a strange, solitary existence in a Tokyo apartment building.