- Still Walking (film)
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Still Walking
Film posterDirected by Hirokazu Koreeda Written by Hirokazu Koreeda Starring Hiroshi Abe
Yui Natsukawa
YouMusic by Gontiti Cinematography Yutaka Yamasaki Editing by Hirokazu Koreeda Release date(s) June 28, 2008 (Japan)
August 28, 2009 (USA)Running time 114 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても Aruitemo aruitemo ) is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of one member.
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Plot
The Yokoyama family are briefly reunited to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who drowned accidentally 15 years ago. His retired doctor father Kyohei and mother Toshiko are joined by surviving son Ryota, daughter Chinami and their respective families. The family share nostalgia, humour, sadness and tension as memories are shared and ceremonies performed.
Cast
- Hiroshi Abe as Ryota Yokoyama
- Yui Natsukawa as Yukari Yokoyama
- You as Chinami Kataoka
- Kazuya Takahashi as Nobuo Kataoka
- Shohei Tanaka as Atsushi Yokoyama
- Yoshio Harada as Kyohei Yokoyama
- Kirin Kiki as Toshiko Yokoyama
- Susumu Terajima as Sushi deliverer
Reception
In a Chicago Sun-Times review, Roger Ebert gave Still Walking four stars (out of four). Ebert's review argues that director Koreeda is an heir of Yasujiro Ozu.[1]
References
- ^ Ebert, Roger (26 August 2009). "Still Walking". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090826/REVIEWS/908299997. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
External links
Films directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Lessons From a Calf (1991) • However (1991) • August Without Him (1994) • Maborosi (1995) • This World (1996) • Without Memory (1996) • After Life (1998) • Distance (2001) • Nobody Knows (2004) • Hana (2006) • Still Walking (2008) • Air Doll (2009) • I Wish (2011)
Categories:- 2008 films
- 2009 films
- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
- Japanese drama films
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