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SHOPLIFTERS | JAPAN | FOREIGN FILM

SHOPLIFTERS | JAPAN | FOREIGN FILM

Year: 2018
Genre: Drama
Status: Released

An ‘In2 Infotainment India’ & ‘Kahwa Entertainment’ (India) in association with Vkaao Gems release. Premier on 5th July ‘ 2019.

SHOPLIFTERS, Cannes Palme d’Or winner 2018, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign language film and the Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film

Synopsis:

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them…

Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki

Music by: Haruomi Hosono

Editor: Hirokazu Koreeda

Director of Photography: Ryûto Kondô

Produced by : Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri, Matsuzaki Kaoru

Directed by: Kore-eda Hirokazu

Duration: 120 min Language: Japanese Country: Japan

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Review

Shoplifters Reviews

The Guardian

“Kore-eda’s audacious latest steals the heart”

Link: shoplifters-review-hirokazu-kore-eda

The New York Times

“A Family That Steals Together, Stays Together”

Variety

“Hirokazu Koreeda makes a mature and heart-wrenching return to his socially-conscious dramas.”

Film Review: ‘Shoplifters’ (Manbiki Kazoku)

The Telegraph

“Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner is a thrilling, beautiful tale of Toyko’s down-and-outs”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/shoplifters-reviewa-thrilling-beautiful-tale-toykos-down-and/

IndieWire

“Kore-eda Hirokazu Is Back With Heart-Shattering Drama About Love & Theft”

‘Shoplifters’ Review: Kore-eda Hirokazu Is Back With Heart-Shattering Drama About Love & Theft

Independent

“Combines tearjerking sentimentality with hard-hitting social comment”

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/shoplifters-review-cast-tickets-drama-japan-hirokazu-koreeda-a8644251.html

The Hollywood Reporter

“A bittersweet fable about double-faced Japanese society.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/shoplifters-review-1111546

Screendaily

“Hirokazu Kore-eda turns in a masterful ensemble piece about a ‘family’ living on its wits”

https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/shoplifters-cannes-review/5129318.article

http://cinebazaar.news/?p=5326

https://sajidalim.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/shoplifters-movie-review/

http://cineinfotv.com/2019/07/shoplifters-academy-award-golden-globe-award-for-best-foreign-language-film/