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Direction
Kore-eda lets kids be messy, annoying, and devastatingly real.
Acting
Real brothers Maeda—chemistry you cannot manufacture.
Writing
Adults in periphery; children carry the entire emotional weight.

Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
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