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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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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

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Complex and beautiful as life itself
    Still Walking is an intimate movie about a family reunion. Its observations about family dynamics are the most true to life I have ever seen. The movie paints the entire gamut of emotional family experience with delicate yet powerful brush strokes but it's not a sentimental film, nor an opportunity for actors to grandstand. It's Japanese, so all the strong undercurrents of emotion are held in check by equally powerful restraint (both cultural and directorial). A brother and a sister attempting families of their own go to visit their parents in Yokohama. The parents have lost a son and the family's devastation hangs heavy in the air. You can actually feel it bearing down on your shoulders from the first frame. Anybody who has ever spent the night at the house of relatives will feel the weight of family history that this film captures so truthfully.

    The parents are engulfed by their quiet, ongoing grief and the surviving children resent all the attention given to the one who is not there anymore. The movie is surprisingly mordant, touching, cruel, sad, funny: human. The mother is this wonderful woman who cooks up a storm (I so wanted to be invited to that house). She is from an older generation, which means she has been forever in the shadow of her husband the doctor, cooking and cleaning and feeding the children, but she is not a pushover, nor a saint. She is mischievous, catty and petty, prejudiced, funny, generous and cruel at the same time. She is a marvel, and the actress who plays her is astonishing.

    This movie has many emotional surprises that make the audience gasp, but they are presented with a sure, light touch, never falling into easy sentiment, never shying away from human complexity. It's a film about family, and love and duty and regret and it is stunningly beautiful.
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    • grandenchilada
    • Aug 29, 2009

    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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