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Japan 2008
Director: Hirokazu KOREEDA
Much like Yasujiro Ozu's classic Tokyo Story, Still Walking explores the quiet secrets, regrets, and resentments trapped at the heart of a seemingly tidy Japanese family unit. 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 tension bubbling barely below the surface for years finally threatens to boil over during their 24-hour stay. From everyday domestic squabbles over sizzling tempura in the kitchen to the elegant graveside ritual performed for Junpei, Koreeda (Nobody Knows, After Life, Air Doll) exposes the grievances that drive the family apart, and the love that holds them together, with warmth, wit and understanding. "Koreeda imbues the story with such specificity, tactility, and humanity that yet another movie about a dysfunctional family reunion becomes a cinematic tone poem."-The Village Voice. (114 mins.)
Date 12/4/2009