Shoplifters (film)

Shoplifters
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji万引き家族
Literal meaningShoplifting Family
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnManbiki Kazoku
Directed byHirokazu Kore-eda
Written byHirokazu Kore-eda
Produced by
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Matsuzaki Kaoru
  • Yose Akihiko
  • Taguchi Hijiri
Starring
CinematographyKondo Ryuto
Edited byHirokazu Kore-eda
Music byHaruomi Hosono
Production
companies
Fuji TV
AOI Pro, Inc.
Distributed byGAGA
Release dates
  • 15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) (Japan)
Running time
121 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$72.6 million[3]

Shoplifters (Japanese: 万引き家族, romanized: Manbiki Kazoku, lit. 'Shoplifting Family') is a 2018 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando,[2] it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty.

Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating what makes a family,[4] inspired by reports on poverty and shoplifting in Japan.[5] Principal photography began in mid-December 2017.[6]

Shoplifters premiered on 13 May 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival,[7] where it won the Palme d'Or.[8] The film was released in Japan on 8 June 2018 and was a critical and commercial success. Shoplifters won three Mainichi Film Awards, including Best Film,[9] and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film,[10][11] and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars[12] and the Golden Globes.[13]

  1. ^ D'Angelo, Mike (19 November 2018). "This year's big Cannes winner, Shoplifters, is an affecting ode to the families we choose". film.avclub.com. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "SHOPLIFTERS". ciffcalgary.com. CIFF. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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