Our Little Sister

“Our Little Sister” is so meticulously shot and gracefully orchestrated that it can be considered a worthy contempo successor to Kon Ichikawa’s masterpiece “The Makioka Sisters.”
-Maggie Lee, Variety
The actors have a breezy, unforced and entirely credible sisterly chemistry together
-Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter
Bel hommage aux femmes.
-Metronews
Un nouveau petit bijou.
-L'Express

Synopsis

Three sisters - Sachi, Yoshino and Chika - live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father - absent from the family home for the last 15 years - dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees, and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings...

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, July 22, 2016
Original Languages: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 126 min
Year: 2014

CREDITS

DIRECTED BY
Hirokazu Koreeda

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PHOTOS

Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda. Photo by Mikiya Takimoto, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda and Kaho as Chika Koda.© 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Kaho as Chika Koda, Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano, Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda and Masami Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda.Photo by Mikiya Takimoto, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Front to back: Oshiroh Maeda as Fûta Ozaki and Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano.© 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Left to right: Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda and Shinichi Tsutsumi as Dr. Kazuya Shiina. Photo by Mikiya Takimoto, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda. Photo by Mikiya Takimoto, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Masami Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda and Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano.Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda, Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano, Kaho as Chika Koda and Masami Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda.Photo by Mikia Takimoto, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Kaho as Chika Koda, Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda, Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano and Masami Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda. © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano © 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Ryo Kase and Masami Nagasawa as Yoshino Koda.© 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to right: Haruka Ayase as Sachi Koda and Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano.© 2015 Akimi Yoshida, SHOGAKUKAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC., SHOGAKUKAN INC., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics