Still Walking (film)

Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても, Aruitemo aruitemo^?) is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of one member.

Plot

The Yokoyama family are briefly reunited to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who drowned accidentally 15 years ago. His retired doctor father Kyohei and mother Toshiko are joined by surviving son Ryota, daughter Chinami and their respective families. The family share nostalgia, humour, sadness and tension as memories are shared and ceremonies performed.

Cast

• Hiroshi Abe as Ryota Yokoyama
• Yui Natsukawa as Yukari Yokoyama
• You as Chinami Kataoka
• Kazuya Takahashi as Nobuo Kataoka
• Shohei Tanaka as Atsushi Yokoyama
• Yoshio Harada as Kyohei Yokoyama
• Kirin Kiki as Toshiko Yokoyama
• Susumu Terajima as Sushi deliverer

Reception

In a Chicago Sun-Times review, Roger Ebert gave Still Walking four stars (out of four). Ebert's review argues that director Koreeda is a heir of Yasujiro Ozu.^[1]

References

External links

• Official site
• Still Walking at the Internet Movie Database
• Still Walking at Rotten Tomatoes