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Shoplifters

2018 · Drama · Hirokazu Koreeda · 2h 1m

A family in Tokyo living off part-time work and small thefts takes in a little girl they find alone in the cold. It is quiet and slow, and most of it is the six of them crowded into a tiny house.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly intimate
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Clearly heavy

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