Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.
- Awards
- 16 wins & 24 nominations
Ryohei Suzuki
- Dr. Yasuyuki Inoue
- (as Ryôhei Suzuki)
Oshiro Maeda
- Fûta Ozaki
- (as Ohshiroh Maeda)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBefore they shot the movie, four actresses spent a day at the house together to get familiarized with the layout of the house and get comfortable with each other. They cleaned the house, weeded the garden, cooked meals and ate together. They also fixed the shoji screen, which Koreeda liked it so much that he incorporated the scene in the movie.
- GoofsWhen the four sisters are having their lunch with Chika's boyfriend at their house, in the interior shot looking outward, all the noodles on the main plate have been eaten.
In the next scene, an exterior scene looking inward to the house, Sachi reaches down and takes the plate away but Chika reaches up and takes several noodles off the plate with her chopsticks.
- Quotes
Sachi Kôda: I want you to stay forever.
Suzu Asano: I want to stay forever.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Il était une fois...: Une affaire de famille (2021)
Featured review
In one of the most paternalistic countries in the world, one film aces the Bechdel test.
The adaptation of a graphic novel to film may seem more easily attainable than other media, it can still suffer from the same problems. Hirokazu Koreeda, with his attention to details, did a marvellous job with this film. I noticed many cabiria- movements throughout the film, I suppose mimicking the movement of the reader's eyes.
Koreeda was also a good fit for the subject of the story, his last film Like Father, Like Son also handled relations between reunited family members. This time the most defining aspect is the role of the female in Japan, still a very paternalistic country, yet as the film shows they have no difficulty living on their own. Every film is an image of its time and Our Little Sister shows that times have changed, this case for the better.
The cinematography was very beautiful, to the point were I would recommend trying to watch Our Little Sister on the big screen. The long-shots of natural views are breath-taking. Furthermore, the script and the film feel very precise, no doubt the outcome of Hirokazu Koreeda writing the screenplay, directing and editing the film.
Koreeda was also a good fit for the subject of the story, his last film Like Father, Like Son also handled relations between reunited family members. This time the most defining aspect is the role of the female in Japan, still a very paternalistic country, yet as the film shows they have no difficulty living on their own. Every film is an image of its time and Our Little Sister shows that times have changed, this case for the better.
The cinematography was very beautiful, to the point were I would recommend trying to watch Our Little Sister on the big screen. The long-shots of natural views are breath-taking. Furthermore, the script and the film feel very precise, no doubt the outcome of Hirokazu Koreeda writing the screenplay, directing and editing the film.
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- De_Sam
- Feb 6, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Kamakura Diary
- Filming locations
- Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan(town where the three sisters live)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $467,555
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,118
- Jul 10, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $15,946,109
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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