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Shoplifters

Original title: Manbiki kazoku
  • 20182018
  • RR
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
75K
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POPULARITY
4,351
175
Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. Although the family is poor, they seem to live happily together until an incident reveals hidden secrets, shaking the bonds that unite them.
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  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
75K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,351
175
  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writer
    • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story)
  • Stars
    • Lily Franky
    • Sakura Andô
    • Kirin Kiki
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Writer
    • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story)
  • Stars
    • Lily Franky
    • Sakura Andô
    • Kirin Kiki
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 235User reviews
    • 281Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 51 wins & 100 nominations total

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    Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
    Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
    Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
    Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
    Mayu Matsuoka in Shoplifters (2018)

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    Lily Franky
    Lily Franky
    • Osamu Shibata
    Sakura Andô
    Sakura Andô
    • Nobuyo Shibata
    Kirin Kiki
    Kirin Kiki
    • Hatsue Shibata
    Mayu Matsuoka
    Mayu Matsuoka
    • Aki Shibata
    Jyo Kairi
    Jyo Kairi
    • Shota Shibata
    Miyu Sasaki
    Miyu Sasaki
    • Yuri Hojo
    Sôsuke Ikematsu
    Sôsuke Ikematsu
    • 4 ban-san
    Yûki Yamada
    • Yasu Hojo
    Moemi Katayama
    • Nozomi Hojo
    Daisuke Kuroda
    Kazuaki Shimizu
    Izumi Matsuoka
    Katsuya Maiguma
    Hajime Inoue
    Aju Makita
    Akira Emoto
    • Yoritsugu Kawado
    Haruna Hori
    Wako Andô
    • Director
      • Hirokazu Koreeda
    • Writer
      • Hirokazu Koreeda(original story) (screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The original title of the film, Manbiki Kazoku, literally translates as Shoplifting Family.
    • Quotes

      Nobuyo Shibata: If someone hits you and tells you they are doing it because they love you, they are a liar.

      [Hugging Yuri]

      Nobuyo Shibata: This is what someone does when they love you.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2019 (2019)

    User reviews235

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Thoughtful insight into eccentric lives, in a refreshingly non-Hollywood style
    I'm putting down 8/10 for a "rating", but basically I have no idea how to put a movie like this numerically in comparison with just about any Hollywood effort. It really belongs on a different scale entirely. My wife and I are just back from seeing it at our local art-cinema theater and we liked it very much. Stylistically, for other recent movies it's close to "Roma" and also the American indie film "Leave No Trace" as bittersweet, unhurried explorations of quite real human beings working hard to survive.

    "Shoplifters" follows the lives of a makeshift "family" living in the underside of an unnamed Japanese city (the particular place isn't important). The adults scrape by with low-security, low-paid jobs, the grandma has a small pension income, and the kids are vagabonds. They get by in a crowded, ramshackle tenement and the two kids are busy picking up the techniques of petty shoplifting from the adults. We slowly learn that almost none of them are actually related; they've haphazardly chosen each other to live with in a framework a little outside the margins of normal society. All of them, in some way, have left or been taken out of abusive or dangerous previous relationships. Throughout their exploits, told by a long series of short vignette scenes, is that they indeed feel close bonds but that their "family" is built, not by blood, but by the constant kindness they show towards each other. They survive on the margins, but they love and are loved.

    The second and much more subliminal big message I took away from this film was its ambience: it's quiet. Scenes that would -- in a Hollywood film -- predictably lead to shouting matches or displays of anger or confrontations with authority, *never* take that cheap overdramatized route here. When confronted with tough questions, the main characters answer reflectively and with spare honesty. Even out on the streets with traffic and lots of people around, it's quiet. What a change.

    Toward the end of the film, the main characters are being patiently interviewed by social services staff in a series of magnetically powerful scenes. The "family" members' answers are often startling: "Why were you teaching your son to shoplift?" "I ... didn't know anything else to teach him." or: "Didn't you take your grandma and threw her away?" "No. Someone else threw her away; we took her in." or: "The child belongs with her mother." "No. Giving birth doesn't make her a mother." From small glimpses like this, a window opens into an entire world of human nature.
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    • Feb 26, 2019

    FAQ3

    • What do the finger gestures mean which the shoplifters exchange before actually stealing something? Is it meant as an incantation of the gods to help stealing? Or a gesture like crossing your fingers behind your back when you tell a lie, asking for forgiveness? Or informing your partner that the shop owner doesn't watch? Or is it an exercise to keep your fingers smooth?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • GAGA (Japan)
      • Le Pacte (France)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kẻ Trộm Siêu Thị
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • AOI Promotion
      • Fuji Television Network
      • GAGA.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,313,513
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $89,264
      • Nov 25, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,999,335
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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