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Our Little Sister

Original title: Umimachi Diary
  • 20152015
  • PGPG
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
15K
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Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.
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A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
15K
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  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writers
    • Akimi Yoshida(manga)
    • Hirokazu Koreeda(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Haruka Ayase
    • Masami Nagasawa
    • Kaho
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  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writers
    • Akimi Yoshida(manga)
    • Hirokazu Koreeda(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Haruka Ayase
    • Masami Nagasawa
    • Kaho
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 67User reviews
    • 156Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 24 nominations

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    Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
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    Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
    Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
    Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
    Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, and Kaho in Our Little Sister (2015)

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    Haruka Ayase
    Haruka Ayase
    • Sachi Kôdaas Sachi Kôda
    Masami Nagasawa
    Masami Nagasawa
    • Yoshino Kôdaas Yoshino Kôda
    Kaho
    • Chika Kôdaas Chika Kôda
    Suzu Hirose
    Suzu Hirose
    • Suzu Asanoas Suzu Asano
    Ryô Kase
    Ryô Kase
    • Yoshimi Sakashitaas Yoshimi Sakashita
    Ryohei Suzuki
    Ryohei Suzuki
    • Dr. Yasuyuki Inoueas Dr. Yasuyuki Inoue
    • (as Ryôhei Suzuki)
    Takafumi Ikeda
    • Sanzo Hamadaas Sanzo Hamada
    Kentarô Sakaguchi
    Kentarô Sakaguchi
    • Tomoaki Fujiias Tomoaki Fujii
    Oshiro Maeda
    • Fûta Ozakias Fûta Ozaki
    • (as Ohshiroh Maeda)
    Midoriko Kimura
    Midoriko Kimura
    • Hideko Takanoas Hideko Takano
    Yûko Nakamura
    • Yôko Asanoas Yôko Asano
    Jun Fubuki
    • Sachiko Ninomiyaas Sachiko Ninomiya
    Kazuaki Shimizu
    • Toshio Iidaas Toshio Iida
    Kaoru Hirata
    Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    • Dr. Kazuya Shiinaas Dr. Kazuya Shiina
    Masumi Nomura
    • Nurseas Nurse
    Shinobu Ôtake
    • Miyako Sasakias Miyako Sasaki
    Fight Seki
    • Masashi Ogataas Masashi Ogata
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writers
      • Akimi Yoshida(manga)
      • Hirokazu Koreeda(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Before they shot the movie, four actresses spent a day at the house together to get familiarized with the layout of the house and get comfortable with each other. They cleaned the house, weeded the garden, cooked meals and ate together. They also fixed the shoji screen, which Koreeda liked it so much that he incorporated the scene in the movie.
    • Goofs
      When the four sisters are having their lunch with Chika's boyfriend at their house, in the interior shot looking outward, all the noodles on the main plate have been eaten.

      In the next scene, an exterior scene looking inward to the house, Sachi reaches down and takes the plate away but Chika reaches up and takes several noodles off the plate with her chopsticks.
    • Quotes

      Sachi Kôda: I want you to stay forever.

      Suzu Asano: I want to stay forever.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Il était une fois...: Une affaire de famille (2021)

    User reviews67

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    7/10
    Comfort watching
    Based on Akimi Yoshida's josei manga 'Umimachi Diary', 'Our Little Sister' is a women-centred, Japanese chick-flick.

    Adult sisters Sachi (the serious one), Yoshino (the sexy partying one) and Chika (the comedy relief one), abandoned by their father when they were just small children, live in the large, old house turned over to them by their mother when she too abandoned them as teenagers. Although men feature in all their lives, it is to each other they are most loyal.

    One day comes news that their estranged father has died, and the three sisters travel to attend his funeral. While there they meet their step-sister, thirteen year-old Suzu, product of the affair that led to their father's desertion. Suzu's own mother has also died, and on impulse the sisters invite her to live with them. The film then follows the quartet over the next several months of relationship troubles (Sachi), work troubles (Yoshino), boyfriend-wanting-to-climb-a-mountain troubles (Chika) and mixed-sex football (Suzu).

    It's all very feel-good: Suzu, for example, exhibits none of the stroppiness one would usually associate with a teenaged girl, docilely doing what she's told by Sachi (who in real life would very much be the target of "You're not my mother!"-type teenage flounces) and easily making nice, well-behaved friends at her new school. Meanwhile, Sachi and her estranged mother reach an understanding, and even the death of a close friend is portrayed as life-affirming, with much talk of cherry blossom and beauty. And the soundtrack is always waiting, ever-ready, to pounce with surging strings at moments of great emotion (of which there are many).

    But feel-good is not necessarily bad. If you want to watch a film that isn't in any way challenging, with engaging performances, signposted plot developments and a little humour - in short, a film to relax to - you could do worse than this.
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    • Oct 25, 2015

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    • Release date
      • June 13, 2015 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kamakura Diary
    • Filming locations
      • Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Fuji IG Laboratory for Movies (FILM)
      • Fuji Television Network
      • GAGA.
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $467,555
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $25,118
      • Jul 10, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,853,660
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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