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Still Walking

Original title: Aruitemo aruitemo
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
17K
YOUR RATING
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.

  • Director
    • Kore-eda Hirokazu
  • Writer
    • Kore-eda Hirokazu
  • Stars
    • Hiroshi Abe
    • Yui Natsukawa
    • You
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kore-eda Hirokazu
    • Writer
      • Kore-eda Hirokazu
    • Stars
      • Hiroshi Abe
      • Yui Natsukawa
      • You
    • 48User reviews
    • 133Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 8 nominations

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    Hiroshi Abe and Kirin Kiki in Still Walking (2008)
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    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
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    • Director
      • Kore-eda Hirokazu
    • Writer
      • Kore-eda Hirokazu
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    Storyline

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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 reviews48

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    8/10
    A sense of naturalism and simplicity
    A middle-aged brother and sister and their families visit their aging parents on the fifteenth anniversary of their brother Junpei's death from drowning while saving another boy. Relationships between generations are strained, however, and patriarch Kyohei (Yoshio Harada), a former doctor, does not hide his resentment for his surviving son Ryoto (Hiroshi Abe), an out of work art restorer. Selected as the best film at the Toronto International Film Festival in a poll of film critics and bloggers, Hirokazu Koreeda's Still Walking is a family-oriented comedy/drama about generational conflict and the consequences of loss. Unfolding in real time over a twenty-four hour period, it has been compared to Ozu's Tokyo Story in its intimate interchanges that accurately capture the way families relate to each other but lacks Ozu's warmth and subtlety.

    The day is spent with routine activities such as preparing meals and playing with the small children. Kyohei remains detached and hides in his office, pretending to be occupied with medical business. He only emerges to bicker with his wife (Kiki Kinn) and play with his grandson. Ryoto, who did not look forward to the reunion, is put off by his father's disdain for his profession of art restoration and his coolness toward his new wife Yukari (Yui Natsukawa). She craves acceptance for herself and her son Atsushi (Shoehi Tanaka) from a previous marriage in which her husband died. A picture of the deceased Junpei is placed in the center of the Yokoyama family house reminding Ryoto that whatever he does, he cannot measure up to Junpei, who was to be his father's heir.

    He also notices that his sister Chinami (You) has no such expectations and her life with her car-salesman husband and two children seems outside of the range of family conflicts. When the boy that Junpei rescued visits the family, sneering remarks are made about his bulky frame and lack of ambition and old resentments come to the surface. After Chinami and her family leave, it is clear that Ryoto wishes he had not agreed to spend the night but conflicts seem to soften with the passage of time. Based on a novel by the director and occasioned by the death of his mother and the discussions of his childhood they had during her last days, Still Walking has a sense of naturalism and simplicity that is endearing.
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    • Oct 5, 2008

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    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
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    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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