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Still Walking

Original title: Aruitemo aruitemo
  • 20082008
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
16K
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POPULARITY
13,661
835
Still Walking (2008)
Drama
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
16K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13,661
835
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writer
      • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story)
    • Stars
      • Hiroshi Abe
      • Yui Natsukawa
      • You
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writer
      • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story)
    • Stars
      • Hiroshi Abe
      • Yui Natsukawa
      • You
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 132Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 8 nominations

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    Hiroshi Abe and Kirin Kiki in Still Walking (2008)
    Still Walking (2008)
    Still Walking (2008)
    Hiroshi Abe and Yui Natsukawa in Still Walking (2008)
    Yoshio Harada and Kirin Kiki in Still Walking (2008)
    Hiroshi Abe and Yoshio Harada in Still Walking (2008)
    Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada, and Shohei Tanaka in Still Walking (2008)
    Yui Natsukawa and Shohei Tanaka in Still Walking (2008)
    Kirin Kiki in Still Walking (2008)
    Hiroshi Abe and Shohei Tanaka in Still Walking (2008)
    Kirin Kiki in Still Walking (2008)
    Yui Natsukawa in Still Walking (2008)

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    Hiroshi Abe
    Hiroshi Abe
    • Ryota Yokoyama
    Yui Natsukawa
    Yui Natsukawa
    • Yukari Yokoyama
    You
    You
    • Chinami Kataoka
    Kazuya Takahashi
    • Nobuo Kataoka
    Shohei Tanaka
    Shohei Tanaka
    • Atsushi Yokoyama
    Kirin Kiki
    Kirin Kiki
    • Toshiko Yokoyama
    Yoshio Harada
    Yoshio Harada
    • Kyohei Yokoyama
    Ryôga Hayashi
    • Mutsu Kataoka
    Haruko Katô
    Haruko Katô
    Hotaru Nomoto
    • Satsuki Kataoka
    Susumu Terajima
    Susumu Terajima
    • Sushi deliverer
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writer
      • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In a 2009 interview, Koreeda stated that Still Walking was based on his own family.
    • Quotes

      Atsushi Yokoyama: There's nothing to watch on TV these days. They laugh so loud but nothing's funny.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Il était une fois...: Une affaire de famille (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Blue Light Yokohama
      Written by Jun Hashimoto Kyôhei Tsutsumi

      Performed by Ayumi Ishida

    User reviews46

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    Top review
    9/10
    Still Life
    Its not often I return to see a film immediately to see it again, but this is a film which demands it. This is a masterly film by Koreeda following an ordinary middle class Japanese family has they have an annual reunion to commemorate the older brother who died rescuing a boy from drowning. In its slow, gentle, poetic way, this film brings us into the heart of the family so well you feel it is your own - indeed, the characters are so real, so richly portrayed, that you almost come to believe you know them as well as your own family.

    A simple plot précis doesn't do justice to what this film is about. It shines a light into those repressed areas of resentment, sentimentality, nostalgia, guilt and desire that are so often hidden behind a facade of politeness. Koreeda is too subtle a director to have any big blow ups or surprises - he reveals his characters in a gentle manner as detail is laid upon detail. When the ending comes it is not a surprise, but it is still profoundly moving and thought provoking. This is a film that will stay with you long after you leave the cinema.

    A lot has been made about the films debt to Ozu. I think this is very overstated - although there are one or two stylistic nods to Ozu at the beginning, Koreeda is a very different type of film maker. Unlike Ozu he uses tiny surreal moments of beauty to contrast with the realism of the rest of the film. His use of editing and camera work is far less formal and rigorous - instead he allows the camera to follow the characters, revealing the layers of the home. And most importantly, while Ozu emphasised the death of the traditional Japanese family and considered it with sad resignation, Koreeda sees families as all alike, stuck in a series of inescapable cycles. In many respects this film reminded me more of some of Naruse's classic films than Ozu.

    The cast is uniformly excellent, with Kiki Kirin utterly wonderful as the grandmother. The only very small quibble I have with the casting is that Koreeda succumbed somewhat to casting some characters who are a little too elegant and good looking for the 'normal' people they portray. Hiroshi Abe and Yui Natsukata are maybe a little too good looking to be convincing as the less than 100% welcome family members. But that is a very minor criticism of what is a terrific ensemble piece.

    I think this film is one of the finest of the year and may well come to be seen as a classic. It can certainly sit comfortably with any of the great films of Japans golden era.
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    • Jan 20, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 28, 2008 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Offcial Site
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Even If You Walk and Walk
    • Filming locations
      • Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Cinequanon
      • Eisei Gekijo
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $167,047
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $20,298
      • Aug 30, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,511,120
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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