She looked so happy. [25] On 23 May 2018, Thunderbird Releasing acquired the UK distribution rights,[26] while Road Pictures secured the rights to distribute it in China. 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 the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[12] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[13]. [33], Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave Shoplifters 4/5 stars, declaring it a "rich, satisfying film",[34] but subsequently upgraded this to a 5/5 star review upon second viewing. The website's critical consensus reads, "Understated yet ultimately deeply affecting, Shoplifters adds another powerful chapter to director Hirokazu Kore-eda's richly humanistic filmography. While Billions isn't entirely based on a true story, it is inspired by real events. [4] He set his story in Tokyo and was also influenced by the Japanese Recession,[4] including media reports of how people lived in poverty and of shoplifting. Cornered, he jumps from a bridge and breaks his leg. [41] Variety's Maggie Lee also compared it to Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens;[42] Lily Franky's character Osamu was likewise compared to Dickens' character Fagin. Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Shoplifters” is probably the most famous Asian production to touch on the topic, while in Korea, “Miss Baek” a couple of years back, told a very strong and necessary story on it as well. Osamu and Shota routinely shoplift goods, using a system of hand signals to communicate. The items stolen are usually inexpensive items that they don’t need or can’t use, such as multiple of the same item or clothes that don’t fit. The family cuts her hair, burns her old clothes, and gives her a new name: Lin. [32] Shoplifters was also listed on numerous critics' top ten lists for 2018. Shota is hospitalised and detained. Nobuyo takes the blame for the crimes and is sentenced to prison. The Award-Winning, Heart-Wrenching True Story Behind Our Friend The new film starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel is based on the Esquire story … Shoplifters was nominated for an Oscar in … [46], In August, Shoplifters was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. [23] In Japan, it was scheduled for release on 8 June 2018. In Tokyo, a group lives in poverty: Osamu, a day laborer forced to leave his job after twisting his ankle; his wife Nobuyo, who works for an industrial laundry service; Aki, who works at a hostess club; Shota, a young boy; and Hatsue, an elderly woman who owns the home and supports the group with her deceased husband's pension. A 2008 USA Today story… When I was a teenager, I stole a lot. 14A. The Kleptomaniac Shoplifter. [8] The film was released in Japan on 8 June 2018 and was a critical and commercial success. [5] Principal photography began in mid-December 2017. [19], Production began in December 2017,[20] with Fuji Television Network, Gaga, and AOI Pro producing. … I made this film for the little girl I’d heard reading Swimmy. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. [12], Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, highest-grossing domestic film of the year, highest-grossing Japanese live-action film, Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Washington D.C. 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[16], The film competed at the Cannes Film Festival,[7] where it won the Palme d'Or on 19 May. Written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. I started shoplifting when I was six years old. [30], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating 99% based on 226 reviews, with an average rating of 8.80/10. Shota recalls joining the family after Osamu and Nobuyo found him in a locked car. ... E-mail the story Study Shows Shoplifters More Readily Identified By Behavior, Not Race. Was Commodus as evil as he's portrayed in the movie? [14] Kore-eda described it as his "socially conscious" film. It’s easy to see why some people think that Fargo is based on a true story because the series itself says it is every episode. Increasingly guilt-ridden about teaching Yuri to steal, Shota interrupts her theft by stealing fruit from a grocery store in view of the staff. They clearly have a level of non-verbal communication that feels like a ritual. But much like this series itself, there are bits of reality woven into his story. [36] The Hollywood Reporter critic Deborah Young called it "bittersweet" as it "contrasts the frigid emotions of socially correct behavior with the warmth and happiness of a dishonest lower-class family". Shoplifters is a sneakily ambitious tale for Kore-Eda, and feels like one of the most consequential films he’s made in a very long time. which they have perfected to pat routine. Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much more–these films are the best of the based-on-a-true-story stories. Everyone, including the staff, was moved and applauded her. [18] It was also one of the last films Kirin Kiki appeared in before her death in 2018. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Republication or distribution of this content is 'Shoplifting Family') is a 2018 Japanese drama film directed, written and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki. Partially. 121 minutes. But does it actually exist, and are the hit crime show’s plots based … To order They bring her to their home, intending to only have her stay for dinner, but choose not to return her after finding evidence of abuse. "[31] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 93 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". When I visited an orphanage, a little girl took the picture book Swimmy out of her backpack and suddenly started to read it. It is loosely based on a true story of a boy called Giuseppe Di Matteo whose father, an ex-member of the Sicilian Mafia, turned “grass” against his erstwhile associates. The son and his wife are Aki's parents, who lie that their daughter is living in Australia. (Newser) - The tapes are out from Florida police, and now the world can see more of the story behind the fatal shooting of Christobal Lopez. I thought she really wanted to read that book to her parents. Osamu tells Shota it is fine to steal things that have not been sold, as they do not belong to anyone. They take her home to a tiny apartment whose occupants also include Osamu’s wife (Sakura Ando), an aunt (Mayu Matsuoka) and a grandmother (the late Kirin Kiki). For example, antagonist and United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (played by Paul Giamatti) has been to said to be loosely inspired by Preet Bharara, who underwent investigations from 2009 until 2017 as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Shoplifters (Japanese: 万引き家族, romanized: Manbiki Kazoku, lit. To order copies of But then, heading home on a cold winter’s day, the pair discover a 4-year-old girl named Yuri (Miyu Sasaki) freezing on an apartment balcony, apparently abandoned. Osamu confirms that the family intended to abandon him and that he can no longer be his father. Cannes jury president Cate Blanchett said that she and her fellow jurors — which also included Canadian director Denis Villeneuve — were “completely bowled over” by the gentle humanism of Shoplifters. Yuri bonds with her new family and learns to shoplift from Osamu and Shota. [15] With this story, Kore-eda said he did not want the perspective to be from only a few individual characters, but to capture "the family within the society", a "wide point of view" in the vein of his 2004 film Nobody Knows. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando,[2] it is about a non-biological family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty. What begins as a heist movie — at TIFF with English subtitles — based on a true story about Japanese families who chose crime out of desperation is transformed into a moving meditation on … Shota stays overnight with Osamu against the orphanage's rules. Yes, Nomadland is fictional, but it’s composed of several true stories. Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating what makes a family,[4] and inspired by reports on poverty and shoplifting in Japan. The authorities discover Yuri and the death of Hatsue and tell Shota that the family was going to abandon him. rights reserved. [17] Cinematographer Kondo Ryuto used 35 mm film with an Arricam ST, aware 35 mm was a preference of Kore-eda's and also seeking the right texture and grain for the story. The legend has since been debunked, and the true story is that while the fan did intend to take over the station, he lost his nerve at the last minute and turned himself in. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Director Hirokazu Kore-eda said that he developed the story for Shoplifters when considering his earlier film Like Father, like Son, with the question "What makes a family? Both these character’s lives get intertwined as the film goes on and fans get to witness some of … Shota is uneasy, feeling this theft breaks their moral code. But the story Kore-eda constructed out of a news story transcends local politics.