List of the best Hirokazu Kore-eda movies: Nobody Knows(2004), Still Walking(2008), Shoplifters(2018), Like Father, Like Son(2013), After Life(1998), Maborosi(1995), I Wish(2011), After the Storm(2016), Air Doll(2009), The Third Murder(2017), The Truth(2019), Hana(2006) ... ...
8.1/10
Drama
Japan
2004
140 Minutes
Director
Yûya Yagira Ayu Kitaura Hiei Kimura Momoko Shimizu Hanae Kan You Susumu Terajima Takoko Take
brother sister mother friend landlord touching sad tokyo apartment abandonment survival child abuse family dysfunction love siblings adventure discovery 1980s
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
7.9/10
Drama
Japan
2008
114 Minutes
Director
Hiroshi Abe You Yoshio Harada Ryôga Hayashi Haruko Kato Kirin Kiki Yui Natsukawa Hotaru Nomoto Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka
mother father son wife daughter stranger emotional dark family home japan family dysfunction grief death discovery transformation 2000s
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
7.9/10
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Director
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
7.8/10
Drama
Japan
2013
120 Minutes
Director
Machiko Ono Yôko Maki Masaharu Fukuyama Lily Franky Kirin Kiki Jun Fubuki Jun Kunimura Shôgen Hwang
father son biological father mother emotional gripping incredible powerful rousing tender japan home hospital outdoors small town city switched identities birth family relationships
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
7.6/10
Drama
Japan
1998
118 Minutes
Director
Arata Iura Erika Oda Susumu Terajima Takashi Naitô Kei Tani Tôru Yuri Hisako Hara Akio Yokohama Kazuko Shirakawa Yusuke Iseya Sayaka Yoshino
counselor dead person elderly person dreamy emotional touching limbo meaning of life death daunting task memory love afterlife discovery love 1990s
After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
1995
109 Minutes
Director
Makiko Esumi Takashi Naitô Tadanobu Asano Midori Kiuchi Akira Emoto Mutsuko Sakura Hiromi Ichida
wife husband son widower daughter dark emotional family home japan village marriage depression love mourning transformation quest 1990s
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
Japan
2011
128 Minutes
Director
Koki Maeda Ohshiro Maeda Ryôga Hayashi Kyara Uchida Kanna Hashimoto Rento Isobe Nene Ohtsuka Jô Odagiri Yui Natsukawa
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
7.4/10
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Director
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
6.9/10
Drama
Japan
2009
125 Minutes
Director
Bae Doo-na Arata Iura Itsuji Itao Jô Odagiri Sumiko Fuji Tasuku Emoto Mari Hoshino Ryô Iwamatsu Tomomi Maruyama Miu Naraki Masaya Takahashi
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Japan
2017
125 Minutes
Director
Masaharu Fukuyama Koji Yakusho Shinnosuke Mitsushima Mikako Ichikawa Izumi Matsuoka Isao Hashizume Suzu Hirose Hajime Inoue Aju Makita Yuki Saito Kôtarô Yoshida
attorney murder suspect eyewitness disturbing brooding bleak prison japan office crime scene courtroom criminal justice system murder robbery past crimes witnessing murder justice discovery mystery underdog
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Drama
2019
106 Minutes
Director
Catherine Deneuve Juliette Binoche Ludivine Sagnier Roger Van Hool Ethan Hawke Clémentine Grenier Laurent Capelluto Jackie Berroyer
movie star screenwriter family family matriarch emotional heartwarming moving paris family estate mother/daughter relationship memoir family dysfunction growing up love 2010s
Comedy, Drama
2006
127 Minutes
Director
Jun'ichi Okada Rie Miyazawa Arata Furuta Jun Kunimura Katsuo Nakamura Tadanobu Asano Yoshio Harada Teruyuki Kagawa Tomoko Tabata Yui Natsukawa Renji Ishibashi
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Director
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
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