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Still Walking

Spotlight

New York Premiere

Japan | 114 MINUTES | Japanese |

STILL WALKING

Drama

"Your family isn't normal," Toshiko tells her middle-aged son, Ryoto. "These days, we're not abnormal" is Ryo's response. Like last year's acclaimed Tokyo Sonata or Yasujiro Ozu's classic Tokyo Story, Still Walking aims to get at the quiet secrets, regrets, and resentments trapped at the heart of a seemingly tidy Japanese family unit. The cinematically dysfunctional family may have become the new norm, but acclaimed writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) explores the unique conditions of one family's dysfunction with patience and a delightfully muted wit all his own.

Fifteen years ago, Ryo's older brother Junpei died while rescuing a boy from drowning. On the anniversary of his death, Ryo and his sister, each with their own families in tow, have made the trip to visit their elderly parents, and the years of tension kept barely below the surface finally threaten to run over during their 24-hour stay. From everyday domestic squabbles over sizzling tempura in the kitchen to the elegant graveside ritual performed for Junpei, Kore-eda shows complete mastery of his characters, exposing bit by bit in real time both the grievances that drive them apart and the love that holds them together. This exquisitely detailed family drama shines with warmth and understanding. An IFC Films presentation.

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CAST & CREDITS

Hirokazu Kore-eda (b. 1962, Tokyo) graduated from the literature department of Waseda University before joining TV Man Union, an independent television production company where he directed many prize-winning documentaries. His first feature film, Maborosi, won the Ozella D'oro at the Venice Film Festival in 1995. His second feature, After Life, was distributed in more than 30 countries and is currently being adapted into an American film through 20th Century Fox. His other films include Distance, Hana, and Nobody Knows, which won the award for best actor at Cannes in 2004.

Producer
Yoshihiro Kato, Hijiri Taguchi
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Primary Cast
Yoshio Harada, Kirin Kiki, Hiroshi Abe, Kazuya Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka
Screenwriter
Hirokazu Kore-eda

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