Still Walking (film screening)

Still Walking
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Tuesday, March 18, 6:00PM (ET)

Doors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall

Directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu • 2008 • Family / Drama • 114 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer

The lyrical, profoundly moving Still Walking is KORE-EDA Hirokazu’s most personal work to date. Created as a tribute to his late mother, the film depicts one summer day in the life of the Yokoyama family, gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Rather than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a family’s entire life, its deep regrets and its daily joys. Featuring vivid, heartrending performances (ABE Hiroshi, KIKI Kirin, NATSUKAWA Yui) and a gentle naturalism that harks back to the director’s earlier, documentary work, Still Walking is an extraordinary portrayal of the ties that bind us.

Still Walking is the “Summer” film of our Seasonal Impressions series.

This event is now fully booked and registration is closed. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding!

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Director Profile:

After graduating from the Literature Department of Waseda University, KORE-EDA Hirokazu (是枝 裕和) joined TV Man Union, a large, independent television production company, where he has directed many prize-winning documentaries.

His directorial debuts, Maborosi (1995) and After Life (1998) brought him international acclaim. Into the new millennium, Director Kore-eda’s films were frequently selected at the Cannes Film Festival, including Distance (2001), Nobody Knows (2004, Best Actor Award for YUYA Yagira, Cannes’ youngest recipient), Air Doll (2009), Like Father, Like Son (Jury Prize, 2013), Our little Sister (2015) and After the Storm (2016). In 2018, his film Shoplifters was awarded Cannes’ highest honour, the Palme d’or, as well as being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Award. In recent years, he reached a turning point in international co-productions with The Truth (2019) in France, and Broker (2022, Cannes Festival Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho) in South Korea. In 2023, his latest feature Monster won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

In Japan, Director Kore-eda has won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the Japan Academy Film Prize for Our Little Sister, The Third Murder, and Shoplifters, as well as Best Screenplay for The Third Murder and Shoplifters.