DIRECTOR

Kore-eda Hirokazu “Shoplifters”

CAST

Fukuyama Masaharu "Like Father, Like Son"
Yakusho Koji "Babel"
Hirose Suzu "Our Little Sister"

CREW

Written and Edited by: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Director of Photography: Takimoto Mikiya "Like Father, Like Son"
Production Designer: Taneda Yohei "Kill Bill: Volume 1"
Music by: Ludovico Einaudi "The Intouchables"

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Film Festivals & Awards

Venice IFF 2017 - Competition
Toronto IFF 2017
San Sebastian IFF 2017
Busan IFF 2017
Warsaw FF 2017
Films from the South 2017
Palm Springs IFF 2018
San Francisco IFF 2018

Duration/Release

124 min./ 2017 / Japan / Color / DCP / 5.1ch

Synopsis

Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori's chances of winning the case seem low - his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim's family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all... It is the new film from internationally-acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu - the powerfully moving story of a man struggling to find the truth while questioning his own faith in the law.