Aruitemo aruitemo (2008)

Director:

Hirokazu Koreeda

Writers:

Hirokazu Koreeda (original story)
Hirokazu Koreeda (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Still Walking is a family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents, which unfolds over one summer day...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Family Relationships | Baka | Watermelon | Grandparents

Awards:

9 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Hiroshi Abe	...	Ryota Yokoyama
Yui Natsukawa	...	Yukari Yokoyama
You	...	Chinami Kataoka
Kazuya Takahashi	...	Nobuo Kataoka
Shohei Tanaka	...	Atsushi Yokoyama
Kirin Kiki	...	Toshiko Yokoyama
Yoshio Harada	...	Kyohei Yokoyama
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryôga Hayashi	...	Mutsu Kataoka
Haruko Kato
Hotaru Nomoto	...	Satsuki Kataoka
Susumu Terajima	...	Sushi deliverer

Also Known As:

Still Walking (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Even If You Walk and Walk (International: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

114 min | Argentina:114 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | Sweden:Btl | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Company:

TV Man Union

Soundtrack:

Blue Light Yokohama

Another culture

Some people consider this a masterpiece and the acting surely is on that level. This is about the dysfunctional Japanese family, who gather once a year to remember a family member's death. By small means, big and and not so big conflicts come to surface.

But there is a problem here. Although the acting is according to today, with moves, gestures and talking being documentary, but with all the drama intact, you still find it difficult to understand all of this. You don't have the codes to Japanese values, which limits your viewer position.

You simply miss much of the drama from not being Japanese.