is a 2014 Japanese

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written and directed by Japanese novelist and filmmaker

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. It was released in Japan on November 8, 2014.

Cast

Sakura Ando is a Japanese actress. She is best known for appearing in critically-acclaimed films such as Sion Sono's ''Love Exposure'', Hirokazu Kore-eda's ''Shoplifters'' (2018) and ''Monster'' (2023), as well as Takashi Yamazaki's Academy Award–winni ...

as Sawa Yamagishi *

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as Takeshi Sasaki * Toshio Sakata as Shigeru * Mitsuko Kusabue as Shizue Makabe *

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as Yoshio Makabe * as Hamada *

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as Hisako *

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as Shozo Kataoka *

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as Yukiko Kataoka *Nozomi Tsuchiya as Makoto Kataoka * as Yasuo * Masahiro Higashide as Karaoke clerk

Reception

Critical response

Maggie Lee of ''

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'' called the film "a work of both cool precision and endearing eccentricity".

Accolades

At the 36th Yokohama Film Festival, the film was chosen as the 3rd best Japanese film of the year and Momoko Andō won the award for Best Director. At the 39th

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

s, the film won the award for Best Picture and

won the award for Best Supporting Actor. At the 69th

Mainichi Film Award The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by ''Mainichi Shimbun'' (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of t ...

s, Momoko Andō won the award for Best Screenplay and

won the award for Best Actress.

References

External links

* * {{Hochi Film Award for Best Film 2014 drama films 2014 films Japanese drama films Films based on Japanese novels 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese-language drama films