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
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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
loved it !
This movie is 128 minutes long and at the end i was hoping it could go on for two more hours. For me it is the essence of what cinema should be. Great story real characters and real life ! Just a few days before i was watching SW7 and thought it was an OK movie but while watching "our little sister" i was realizing how much better cinema can be and how bad most Hollywood blockbusters really are. I know its like comparing a Michelin star cook to Mc Donald's but when you tasted both you realize one is art and one is fast food. One you eat because you're hungry (bored) and one because it tastes great. This movie is art because it touches you in a special way ... not you ego but your humanity.
Compared to Hirokazu Koreeda previous movie "like father like son" the story is very loose sometime you even think there is none. You also get tricked by the expectations other movies force you to have by repeating the same motives over and over again. I'm not sure if this is intentional or the movie is just so different.
Like most Japanese or Asian movies there is some stuff that could be a little bit to slapstick and melodramatic for western viewers but that's a very small price to pay.
If you don't count anime "our little sister" makes it in my top 5 Asian movies of all time. I highly recommend it.
Compared to Hirokazu Koreeda previous movie "like father like son" the story is very loose sometime you even think there is none. You also get tricked by the expectations other movies force you to have by repeating the same motives over and over again. I'm not sure if this is intentional or the movie is just so different.
Like most Japanese or Asian movies there is some stuff that could be a little bit to slapstick and melodramatic for western viewers but that's a very small price to pay.
If you don't count anime "our little sister" makes it in my top 5 Asian movies of all time. I highly recommend it.
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- vexyl
- Jan 5, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Kamakura Diary
- Filming locations
- Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan(town where the three sisters live)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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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