Twelve years after their eldest son died by drowning, Kyohei and Toshiko welcome their children home for a family reunion. Younger son Ryota still feels that his parents resent that he isn’t the one who died, while daughter Chinami strains to fill the uncomfortable pauses with forced cheer.
Set across a single summer day, this achingly beautiful drama from Hirokazu Koreeda signalled a newfound intimacy in the maestro’s cinema. With its insights emerging almost entirely from the simmering dynamics of its extended family, Still Walking mounts a gentle reckoning with the echoes of trauma.
Get access to this film plus 2358 more films showing in other countries via a VPN subscription.
We've partnered with NordVPN to get you 70% off on your subscription. Get yours now!
Esteban Sapir, 2007, Argentina
Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003, Russia
Luis Buñuel, 1930, France
Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi), 1996, Japan
Mike Leigh, 2008, United Kingdom
Erick Zonca, 2008, France
Johnnie To, 2008, Hong Kong
Götz Spielmann, 2008, Austria
Aditya Assarat, 2007, Thailand
Wong Kar Wai, 2004, Hong Kong