On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

Still Walking

2008

Japanese

♡ 38

100%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Haruko Katô as You

You as Chinami Kataoka

Kazuya Takahashi as Nobuo Kataoka

Susumu Terajima as Sushi deliverer

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Hana

2006

Japanese

6.6

♡ 12

55%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Susumu Terajima as Kichiemon Terasaka

Rie Miyazawa as Osae

Ryô Kase as Sodekichi

Sei Hiraizumi as Zenzo

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Nobody Knows

2004

Japanese

8.0

♡ 65

92%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Susumu Terajima as Baseball coach You

You as Keiko, the mother

Ryô Kase as Mini-market Employee

Sei Hiraizumi as Mini-market Manager

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Shoplifters

2018

Japanese

7.9

♡ 111

99%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Yûki Yamada as

Moemi Katayama as

Katsuya Maiguma as

Kengo Kôra as Takumi Maezono

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Our Little Sister

2015

Japanese

7.6

♡ 22

93%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director Kaho

Kaho as Chika Kôda

Jun Fubuki as Sachiko Ninomiya

Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano

Ryô Kase as Yoshimi Sakashita

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Broker

2022

Korean

7.1

♡ 35

94%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Dong-won Gang as Dong-soo

IU as Moon So-young

Kang-ho Song as Sang-hyeon

Doona Bae as Soo-jin

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

After the Storm

2016

Japanese

7.4

♡ 40

96%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Lily Franky as

Makoto Nakamura as

Hiroshi Abe as Shinoda Ryôta

Yôko Maki as Shiraishi Kyôko

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

The Truth

2019

French

6.5

♡ 20

87%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Catherine Deneuve as Fabienne Dangeville

Ethan Hawke as Hank

Ludivine Sagnier as L'actrice qui joue Amy à 38 ans

Juliette Binoche as Lumir

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

Distance

2001

Japanese

6.8

♡ 8

80%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Susumu Terajima as Makoto

Yûsuke Iseya as Masaru

Kanji Tsuda as Masaru's elder brother

Tadanobu Asano as Sakata

On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.

Monster

2023

Japanese

7.8

♡ 73

97%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Yûko Tanaka as Fushimi

Shidô Nakamura as Kiyotaka

Soya Kurokawa as Minato

Sakura Andô as Saori

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

Maborosi

1995

Japanese

7.5

♡ 29

100%

83%

Action

arranged marriage

based on novel or book

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Tadanobu Asano as Ikuo

Hidekazu Akai as Master

Midori Kiuchi as Michiko

Takashi Naitô as Tamio

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Air Doll

2009

Japanese

6.9

♡ 26

66%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Takashi Yamanaka as

Doona Bae as Nozomi

Susumu Terajima as Policeman

Kimiko Yo as Receptionist

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.

I Wish

2011

Japanese

7.3

♡ 17

93%

brother brother relationship

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Kanna Hashimoto as Kanna

Hiroshi Abe as Mr. Sakagami

Masami Nagasawa as Ms. Mimura

Yoshio Harada as Wataru

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Like Father, Like Son

2013

Japanese

7.8

♡ 23

86%

eating with chopsticks

family relationships

father son relationship

lost child

parent child relationship

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Pierre Taki as (as Piêru Taki)

Machiko Ono as Midori Nonomiya

Jun Fubuki as Nobuko Nonomiya

Masaharu Fukuyama as Ryota Nonomiya

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

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