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Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku)

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 1m
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Producer:

Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi

Writer:

Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Release Date:

Nov 23, 2018

Runtime:

2hr 1m

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.

Cast

  • Lily Franky
  • Sakura Andô
  • Mayu Matsuoka
  • Kirin Kiki
  • Jyo Kairi
  • Miyu Sasaki
  • Sôsuke Ikematsu

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Verified Review

Finally I don’t have to print out the ticket or go to a machine at the theater

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Slow start builds to surprising ending.

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Metacritic

93
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Based on 40 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (215)

Universal acclaim based on 215 Reviews
83
Dec 1, 2018

Kore-eda’s slow reveal of who these people are, and what they mean to each other, has its mystery story aspects, but this is essentially a character study, or at least it tries to be, and not a puzzle picture. He fills in each of the main players leisurely, in snatches.

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Metacritic review by Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
100
Nov 23, 2018

For the bulk of Shoplifters, Kore-eda works in a beautiful register that feels both detailed and genuine at the same time. We get to know these characters so deeply, watching them all at their jobs.

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Metacritic review by Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
RogerEbert.com
100
Nov 23, 2018

Tolstoy got it wrong and Shoplifters gets it right. All happy families are not the same. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s enchanting, subversive masterpiece takes on family values and bourgeois pieties through a Japanese crime family that is not what it seems.

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Metacritic review by Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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