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Still Walking

2008, Movie, 1h 54min

The lyrical, profoundly moving STILL WALKING (ARUITEMO ARUITEMO) is contemporary Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda's most personal work to date. Created as a tribute to his late mother, the film depicts one day in the life of the Yokoyamas, gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear. Rather than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a family’s entire life, its deep regrets and its daily joys. Featuring vivid, heartrending performances and a gentle naturalism that harks back to the director’s earlier, documentary work, STILL WALKING is an extraordinary portrayal of the ties that bind us.

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Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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Painful family issues are more likely to stay beneath the surface, known to everyone but not spoken of. "Still Walking," a magnificent new film from Japan, is very wise about that, and very true.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Sam Adams

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The movie seems like a perfect found object, as if it had always existed and was just waiting to be uncovered.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic David Parkinson

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...a scathing satire on Japanese manners beneath whose surface solicitude and substratal seething lies a thin layer of genuine affection.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...a "family movie" in the classic Japanese style, and a variant – offered in an intelligent, if interestingly humble spirit of homage – to Ozu's 'Tokyo Story'.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kasper Christoffer Larsen

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Kun den mesterlige fortæller Koreeda kan få så meget ud af så lidt.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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Still Walking is a poignant family drama that explores the complex emotions and relationships within the Yokoyama family, who reunite every year to commemorate the death of their eldest son, Junpei. The film delves into themes of grief, guilt, and the struggle to move on, as the family members confront their personal demons and try to find a way to heal and connect with each other. Through intimate conversations and quiet moments of reflection, Still Walking reveals the deep-seated emotions that exist beneath the surface of this seemingly ordinary family, and poignantly captures the beauty and fragility of family bonds.