Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of I Wish originally ran as a theatrical review. In films concerning children, it is often impossible to start the story until after the adults have gone...
Hirokazu Koreeda, having achieved consistent success in his home country of Japan and taken the global stage by storm with last year’s Shoplifters, has broadened his view to the west, as many Asian directors of great renown tend to –...
It just isn’t fair to pick only 10 films to represent the best of 2018—this is a year that could easily warranted a Top 20. In fact, I could completely rearrange this list, including 10 different titles, and be completely...
Hirokazu Koreeda is no stranger to the unconventional family, his recent films having tackled a switched-at-birth tale, sisters striking out on their own, and divorce, but his latest, Palme d’Or winning film puts him in especially unconventional territory. Shoplifters is...
Title: Our Little Sister aka Unimachi Diary Year: 2015 Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Synopsis: The lives of three sisters, Sachi, Yoshino and Chika, are upset when they meet their thirteen-year-old half-sister Suzu after...
