#shoplifters 2018

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Since I've watched Monster it hasn't really left my mind. I find myself thinking about it on and off for the last couple of days. And, as I was talking to @twig-tea the other night, to write about it would spoil the experience completely, so I chose not to do that either.

But another thing that's been on my mind since I watched it was Koreeda Hirokazu, the director. I've only watched 4 of his films, Monster being the last one, and he was also the writer for 3 of them, Monster being the exception.

And I love how he writes and films his characters. I think the idea of films as empathy machines is present in a lot of Koreeda films. And to a certain extent the idea that people aren't just what we see on the surface. In his films, the ones I've watched at least, characters are presented to us in a certain way in the beginning of the film and the rest of the story is about deconstructing all these notions. If I simplify it to the max it's about just saying "it's not that simple".

I find the biggest similarity between Shoplifters (2018) and Monster in that regard. The editing of these two films is completely different, because it serves slightly different purposes, but in the end the films are about giving us information bit by bit that will inform and in turn change our perspectives on these characters completely as it goes.

I find it so interesting the types of family he chooses to write and film and the way he films them and the different dynamics that are present. I'll have to definitely check more of his films soon because it wasn't until Monster that I found such similarities in his work. Maybe I was just distracted before.

I have so much to say about his latest film but I guess at a later date when more people that want to see it, have seen it so as to not spoil anything. And if you're thinking about whatching Monster please do so as blind as possible. Don't watch a trailer or read about it. Just watch it. It's incredible.

For context the films of his I've watched were: Monster(2023) | Broker (2022) | Shoplifters (2018) | Like Father, Like Son (2013)

#monster 2023 #Kaibutsu #Koreeda Hirokazu #shoplifters 2018 #rose rambles

[beingharsh]

Shoplifters (2018), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

#shoplifters #shoplifters 2018 #hirokazu kore-eda #hirokazu koreeda #sakura ando #film #film stills #filmedit #movies #movie stills #movie quotes #film quotes #cinema #cinephile #my posts

[cosmoglass]

Sakura Ando's skin tone is so nice.

Very good performance from her in Shoplifters. The movie was half an hour too long but perhaps that's just because I have the attention span of a gnat.

Did The Quiet Girl (2022) copy Shoplifters' ending?

#sakura ando #shoplifters #shoplifters film #shoplifters movie #shoplifters 2018 #attention span #skin tone #the quiet girl #the quiet girl 2022 #An Cailín Ciúin

[kashilascorner]

Aki is probably the most intriguing character in Shoplifters (which surely is full of interesting, nuanced characters). We know so little about her. She seems to come from a good, upper middle class family yet she abandoned that for a life of poverty with her beloved grandmother. She seems to hate her borderline s*x work, yet she seems to make good money out of it. And where does this money go to? Surely nor her primary chosen family unit. Does it go to her little sister Sayaka, with whom she seems to be a bit obsessed? I think it went to the grandma but then, the grandma also received money from Aki's family. Also, though it is implied in the movie and it says so on wikipedia, I am not that sure Aki's parents knew where she was. They say she was in Australia, and though they are obviously lying why would they talk about it like that with grandmother if they knew she was with her and Sayaka had already gone to school? Grandmother seems to not have given any of that money to the others. She gambled, but seeing that after her death they found she had money stored my suspicion is she was saving up for her own funeral. We know half of the money Aki makes in the club goes to the club, and then half of that goes to grandmother. I also had this idea that she was actually not recieving any pension, but that her "pension" money was actually Aki + Aki's parents but that wouldn't add up.

My conclusion is Aki is so awfully lonely, needy and touch starved. She probably ran away from home at some point, and she went to live with her grandmother who treated her with love and care and catered to her whims. Aki is beautiful, probably had at least a decent education, and could have chosen something different, yet she seems to have problema connecting with people. She's a bit of aloner inside the household. She practically begs a client to join her at a more intimate venue because she needs the human contact that badly. She is the only one that actually shows grief (doesn't mean the others didn't feel it in their own way) when grandmother passes away. And she is completely devastated when the social services people tell her grandmother was scamming her/her parents. She is the only character we don't see in any sort of epilogue, but last time we see her, she is yet again at the house the family shared together. Her house.

#shoplifters #shoplifters 2018 #blabla #I'm just so fascinated with some aspects of this movie and trying to reconcile that they seem/were good people with their later actions lol

[laughableillusions]

#this was the only picture I could get this made me so nervous #ppl probably thought I was shoplifting #michael myers #halloween 1978 #halloween 2018 #halloween kills #slasher #slashers #action figure

[youhavereachedtheendofpie]

actually what are y'alls favourite non-english-language films?

#of the top of my head? #la source de femmes (2011) dir. radu mihaileanu #schachnovelle (2021) dir. philip stölzl #the films of hirokazu koreeda (I've seen three or four I think?) #he did shoplifters from 2018 which was oscar nominated that season and I think might have won? #argentina 1985 of course #pretty much all the mexican films I have seen this year #rudo y cursi. las niñas bien. sin señas particulares. los lobos. #wadjda (2012) dir. haifaa al mansour #border (2018) dir. ali abbasi #danish cinema is also wonderfully weird and great #I could go on forever #but you go tell me yours #films

[letterboxd-loggd]

Shoplifters (万引き家族) (Manbiki kazoku) (2018) Hirokazu Kore-eda

January 27th 2023

#shoplifters #manbiki kazoku #2018 #hirokazu kore-eda #hirokazu koreeda #lily franky #sakura ando #mayu matsuoka #kairi jo #jyo kairi #miyu sasaki #kirin kiki

[yngai]

ada was injected with umbrella's t-virus suppressant (AT1521) by john clemens (his dose, no less) prior to the arklay & raccoon city outbreak & thus escaped the city without much possibility of infection from the city's contaminated drinking water, & has since always kept up to date on any vaccinations against most major progenitor strains, & it makes it really ironic that her adoptive yet biological daughter carries a dormant chrysalid virus within her & that ada had to work through mei-li's lab-related trauma in order to ensure she adheres to a bi-weekly vaccine regiment to slowly kill off the c-virus before it eventually mutates her

#* file // : OOC — ( 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐄 . ) #there's a scene in shoplifters (2018) i need to gif specifically because of how it relates to ada trying to teach mei-li how to be loved #because in her two years of life prior to ada entering the quad tower she was shown very little #& i don't think she necessarily blames carla for it given the circumstances of mei-li's birth #though there is some bitter resentment not just for tatchi but leaving ada with another mess to clean up #(wish you were here carla - so you could clean up your mess) #a hurt child that has to be shown love that ada is (at first) unable to express genuinely #the unconditional love a child has for their mother does nothing for ada it kind of makes it worse #and she can't reciprocate it during those crucial first few years #it's only after the separation that she fully realizes she's come to care for mei-li as her own #* file // : 004 — ( 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 . )

[thecinematicshots]

#cinematography #movies #cineshots #beautiful shots #Shoplifters (2018)

[rookie-critic]

Shoplifters (2018, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda) - review by Rookie-Critic

Shoplifters, my first foray into the works of Koreeda, was, frankly, a masterpiece. A movie that shows that it's ok to not have it all together, and that your family is whoever you choose it to be. A tragic, but beautiful tale of a found family tied together by a matriarchal grandmother that are all just trying to get by in their own way. Our protagonists have their flaws, but instead of judging them for it, Koreeda weaves those traits into the exact things you find endearing about them. These characters feel like people that actually exist, and probably do. Some characters have happier endings than others, and at the end of the day everything is not ok, but that stark realism just breathes that much more life into the frames of this film. This is a highly recommended viewing if you can find it.

Score: 10/10

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

#Shoplifters #Hirokazu Koreeda #Sakura Ando #Mayu Matsuoka #Kirin Kiki #Lily Franky #Kairi Jō #Miyu Sasaki #film review #movie review #2018 films

[sin-scape]

Shoplifters (2018)

#movie #curated #2018 #shoplifters #crime #thriller #drama #recommended

[lostgoonie1980]

149. Assunto de Família (万引き家族, 2018), dir. Hirokazu Koreeda 

#cinema #hirokazu koreeda #lily franky #jyo kairi #sakura ando #miyu sasaki #mayu matsuoka #kirin kiki #japanese cinema #2018 movies #crime #drama #surrogate family #poverty #theft #domestic abuse #shoplifting #social realism #family by choice #moral dilemma #child abduction #academy awards nominee #bafta awards nominee #palme d'or winner #césar awards winner #cult director #cinefilos

[beingharsh]

Shoplifters (2018), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

#shoplifters #shoplifters 2018 #hirokazu kore-eda #hirokazu koreeda #film #film stills #filmedit #movies #movie stills #cinema #cinematography #japanese cinema #dailyworldcinema #my posts

[probablyasocialecologist]

Activists are “shoplifting” from supermarket shelves and dumping the proceeds straight into the stores’ food bank bins in a “redistributive action” to protest the cost of living and the climate crisis.

[...]

“The reason we’re doing this is that supermarkets in this country have been raising their prices ahead of the rate of inflation, essentially stealing from ordinary people in order to line their packets with profits.

“We’re acting against this in order to deliver food and necessities to the people of the community that need it the most in the middle of the cost of living crisis.”

The activist is seen ripping the security tag off a tub of baby formula. He says: “This is a basic need for every family with babies and it’s £18 in Asda, which is an immense price tag. […] Supermarkets are prioritising their profits over the safety and health of families in the community.”

Xander Cloudsley, 29, a community food co-ordinator and member of This Is Rigged, the campaign group behind the actions, said: “In my job, I’ve seen the lived reality of the cost of living crisis […] while corporate giants like Tesco are boasting astonishing profits year in and year out. I’m taking action because this disparity is sickening and profoundly unfair.”

The protest comes as food bank usage – already prevalent following austerity – has surged alongside spiralling inflation.

Many supermarkets now have collection bins for food banks. In 2018, Sainsbury’s trialled dedicated shelf-edge labels alerting customers to items that food banks need. In 2022, Tesco gained positive media attention for launching a “reverse food bank” where shoppers could buy and donate goods.

Meanwhile, supermarkets have also been accused of driving inflation. Analysis from trade union Unite shows the top three supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda – have taken advantage of increased food costs and doubled their profits to £3.32bn in 2021, up 97% on 2019. Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham has called this “greedflation” – something supermarket bosses deny.

Ironically, supermarket workers, often poorly paid themselves, are amongst those forced to turn to food banks. One supermarket worker accused Tesco of “forcing us to use food banks, while using food banks to look good.”

#uk politics #food #poverty #food banks

[orangesinwinter]

Shoplifters (2018) dir. Hirokazu Koreeda

#shoplifters #万引き家族 #manbiki kazoku #hirokazu koreeda #asian cinema #screencaps #film aesthetic #japanese film #movie stills #japanese movies

[moonlightsdream]

SHOPLIFTERS 万引き家族 (2018) ⌊dir. koreeda hirokazu⌉

#shoplifters #japaneseartistsinc #jdramaedit #jdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #asiandramasource #worldcinemaedit #dailyworldcinema #filmgifs #moviegifs #userfilm #fyeahmovies #cinemapix #cinematv #cinemasource #doyouevenfilm #motionpicturesource #!gifs #shopliftersedit