Shoplifters is a Japanese movie about a group of misfits come together to form a makeshift family. Shoplifter had really great performances from the adult actors to the child actors who manage to capture the aspects of their characters wonderfully.
Shoplifters is a movie about how people who are lost and marginalised by society, but does not present them in a negative light per se; there was a sense of comradery that turns into familial love and unconditional support amongst the members of the 'family'. The film pacts a strong emotional impact that remind me a lot of another Japanese film 'Granny Gabai' which looks at a child who is sent away from his parents to live with his grandma. There is that same sense of love and support amongst those who are marginalised.
By the end of the movie, Shoplifters leaves its viewers bawling, with its honest depiction of life on the edge of Japanese society and its social commentary, Shoplifters is truly a special movie that does its best to show us an unseen side of Japan.
Shoplifters is a movie about how people who are lost and marginalised by society, but does not present them in a negative light per se; there was a sense of comradery that turns into familial love and unconditional support amongst the members of the 'family'. The film pacts a strong emotional impact that remind me a lot of another Japanese film 'Granny Gabai' which looks at a child who is sent away from his parents to live with his grandma. There is that same sense of love and support amongst those who are marginalised.
By the end of the movie, Shoplifters leaves its viewers bawling, with its honest depiction of life on the edge of Japanese society and its social commentary, Shoplifters is truly a special movie that does its best to show us an unseen side of Japan.