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Still Walking

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Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger's life, Kyohei (Yoshio Harada) and Toshiko (Kirin Kiki) welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. Younger son Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) still feels that his parents resent that he isn't the one who died; his new wife, Yukari (Yui Natsukawa), is awkwardly meeting the rest of the family for the first time. Daughter Chinami (You) strains to fill the uncomfortable pauses with forced cheer.
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Critics Consensus

Hirokazu Kore-eda's film may seem modest at first, but this family drama casts a delicate, entrancing spell.

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Trevor Johnston Sight & Sound 07/06/2018
Even in subtitled form, this is a dialogue masterclass. Sly comments and pointed asides take precedence over upfront speechifying, while revelations are subtly layered in without narrative strategies becoming unduly obvious. Go to Full Review Tony Rayns Film Comment Magazine 11/17/2013
There's a natural flow of small hatreds, resentments, joys, and insecurities, superbly caught by every member of the cast Go to Full Review Anton Bitel Little White Lies 01/20/2010
while this film is full of all the bitterness, regret, jealousy, disappointment, deceit and awkward love that make up any family, it depicts these with a calm restraint and subtlety, excluding even the slightest hint of melodrama Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 02/08/2025
Kore-Eda is marvelous with these little moments, at observing the reverberations of discomfort around the table at a family meal after a thoughtless remark or a bitter rebuke... or watching the still life of a family at rest. Go to Full Review Lisa Laman Culturess 02/03/2025
Still Walking crystallizes why [Kore-eda] he's so adept at navigating this thorny and raw material. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 09/04/2023
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Kore-eda’s film is insightful, moving, perceptive, and appropriately complex in the exploration of its subject. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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PanProduction T @ChunPan9 Apr 27 Great movie! It reminds me of Ozu’s films. It quietly reveals the poetry in the dynamics of this family. The Japanese are great at depicting family interactions. The reason may be that family is more important in Japanese culture than in Western societies, where individualism and self-reliance are emphasized. See more Ben W @Username618 Mar 21 So. I remember loving, just a napkin floating through the air. But again. It's fine. But if you think about it, ... What sort of person, demands others recreate in impeccable detail, moments of their childhood? It's got to have universal appeal, right? I remember with this one, I turned off the subtitles- then was depressed with them on that people didn't like each other! See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Mar 18 Minimally engages in familial medication with relatable conflicts and life affirmation as personally told with serene touches well-framed and connectively performed. (B) See more Dani G @RT81139271 08/12/2025 Very consistent with Koreeda's filmography, a family drama with a strong message. Simple but powerful storytelling See more QUANG HUY L @RT60127045 06/28/2024 This film is not too tragic still fascinating to watch, the story is simple but conveys a lot about the family issues. Love Koreeda's films because of its pureness. (A fan from Vietnam) See more Sam F @Sam_Fisher 05/09/2024 All the generational tensions and often unspoken tenderness come to light in the course of a family reunion. Beautiful timing, contemplation of the most and least pleasant moments, regrets, dashed hopes and misunderstandings: "Still walking" is a perfect portrait of family pain. See more Read all reviews
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Hirokazu Koreeda

Director

Hiroshi Abe

Ryota Yokoyama

You

Chinami Kataoka

Yoshio Harada

Kyohei Yokoyama

Ryôga Hayashi

Mutsu Kataoka

Haruko Kato

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Still Walking

Still Walking (2008) (L-R) Kirin Kiki as Toshiko and Hiroshi Abe as Ryota in "Still Walking." Director Hirokazu Kore-Eda. View more photos

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Synopsis Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger's life, Kyohei (Yoshio Harada) and Toshiko (Kirin Kiki) welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. Younger son Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) still feels that his parents resent that he isn't the one who died; his new wife, Yukari (Yui Natsukawa), is awkwardly meeting the rest of the family for the first time. Daughter Chinami (You) strains to fill the uncomfortable pauses with forced cheer.
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer
Yoshihiro Kato, Satoshi Kono, Hijiri Taguchi, Masahiro Yasuda
Screenwriter
Hirokazu Koreeda
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
IFC Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 28, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$163.5K
Runtime
1h 54m
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