After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
Direction
Kore-eda structures like a puzzle box, not a lecture
Acting
The child performances will wreck you silently
Editing
Perspective shifts that recontextualize everything
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Sakura Ando
Saori Mugino
Soya Kurokawa
Minato Mugino
Hinata Hiiragi
Yori Hoshikawa
Eita Nagayama
Michitoshi Hori
Yuko Tanaka
Makiko Fushimi
Mitsuki Takahata
Hirona Suzumura
Akihiro Kakuta
Shoda Fumiaki
Shido Nakamura
Kiyotaka Hoshikawa
Ryu Morioka
Kanzaki
Daisuke Kuroda
Shinagawa
Ayu Kitaura
Mariko Yajima
Haruto Kobayashi
Taisho Kamata
Kouga Yagishita
Gaku Hirohashi
Taichi Kanemitsu
Yu Hamaguchi
Harune Iida
Mio Kida
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