Shoplifters - Familienbande

Tokyo outskirts, rainy evening, a family huddled around a TV. A makeshift family of shoplifters and scavengers forms uneasy bonds, taking in a young girl found on the streets. Kore-eda probes the edges of familial love.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda directed Shoplifters - Familienbande in 2018. See Hirokazu Kore-eda's full filmography, where to start with Hirokazu Kore-eda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Shoplifters - Familienbande was released in 2018 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.