After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
japan
funeral
family relationships
slice of life
female protagonist
based on manga
sibling
seaside town
half sister
sisterhood
blended family
sisters
loss of parent
emotional resilience
everyday life
sibling bond
Rank
#4 in 2015·#532 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
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Cast
Haruka Ayase
Sachi Kôda
Masami Nagasawa
Yoshino Kôda
Kaho
Chika Kôda
Suzu Hirose
Suzu Asano
Ryo Kase
Minami Sakashita
Ryohei Suzuki
Dr. Yasuyuki Inoue
Ikeda Takafumi
Sanzo Hamada
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Tomoaki Fujii
Oshirō Maeda
Futa Ozaki
Midoriko Kimura
Hideko Takano
Yuko Nakamura
Yoko Asano
Kazuaki Shimizu
Toshio Iida
Crew
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Screenplay
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Editor
Atsushi Kaneshige
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
224 reviews
aj
9.8★ · 07/23/23
there were moments in this film i just wanted to sit and sob. not at all because it was sad but just because i felt so overwhelmed by the emotions the story and characters made me feel.
also i fully started this bc of kentaro sakaguchi who was in like maybe 3 minutes collectively but im not even upset bc this may be one of my new favourite movies.
there were moments in this film i just wanted to sit and sob. not at all because it was sad but just because i felt so overwhelmed by the emotions the story and characters made me feel.
also i fully started this bc of kentaro sakaguchi who was in like maybe 3 minutes collectively but im not even upset bc this may be one of my new favourite movies.
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Yusuf Harman
5.0★ · 05/13/26
Kötü değil ama hayatımda izlediğim en sıkıcı şeylerden biri.
Kötü değil ama hayatımda izlediğim en sıkıcı şeylerden biri.
Vesta
7.0★ · 04/22/26
I saw describe it in their review as a "nice" film and I think that adjective works for me for much of its runtime.
I saw describe it in their review as a "nice" film and I think that adjective works for me for much of its runtime.
Vyzee You
10.0★ · 04/13/26
So sad i'll never experience this type of love
So sad i'll never experience this type of love
lyra
10.0★ · 04/01/26
this feels like a nice long warm embrace I never want to let go from. my heart is so full and warm watching this that i couldn’t help but shed a tear :’)
this feels like a nice long warm embrace I never want to let go from. my heart is so full and warm watching this that i couldn’t help but shed a tear :’)