Our Little Sister

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Movie: Our Little Sister (English title) / Sea Town Diary (literal title)
Romaji: Umimachi Diary
Japanese: 海街diary
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Akimi Yoshida (manga), Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer: Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi
Cinematographer: Mikiya Takimoto
World Premiere: May 14, 2015 (Cannes Film Festival)
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Family / Sisters / Women / Based on a Comic / Arthouse / Best Film-Movie of the Year
Distributor: Toho, Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

There are three sisters: 29-year-old Sachi Kouda (Haruka Ayase), 22-year-old Yoshino Kouda (Masami Nagasawa) and 19-year-old Chika Kouda (Kaho). They live at a house in Kamakura, Japanese. Their house was left by their grandmother.

One day, they receive news of their father's death. When the sisters were young, their parents divorced and their father left them. They haven't seen their father in 15 years. Upon hearing the news on their father's death, the sisters attend their father's funeral.

At the funeral, they meet their stepsister Suzu Asano (Suzu Hirose). She is 14-years-old and there are no one to take care of her. Oldest sister Sachi invites Suzu to live with them.

Notes

Based on manga series "Umimachi Diary" by Akimi Yoshida (first published August, 2006 in Japanese monthly josei manga magazine Flowers). "Umimachi Diary" won the 6th Manga Taisho in 2012 and the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards.
Filming begins late July, 2014.

Cast



Haruka Ayase	Masami Nagasawa	Kaho	Suzu Hirose	Shinobu Otake
Sachi Kouda	Yoshino Kouda	Chika Kouda	Suzu Asano	Miyako Sasaki



Shinichi Tsutsumi	Midoriko Kimura	Kirin Kiki	Kentaro Sakaguchi	Ryo Kase
Doctor Kazuya Shiina	Hideko Takano	Fumiyo Kikuchi	Tomoaki Fujii	Minami Sakashita



Takafumi Ikeda	Ryohei Suzuki	Oshiro Maeda	Jun Fubuki	Lily Franky
Sanzo Hamada	Doctor Yasuyuki Inoue	Futa Ozaki	Sachiko Ninomiya	Senichi Fukuda

Additional Cast Members:

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Film Festivals

2015 (68th) Cannes Film Festival - May 13-24, 2015 - Competition *World Premiere
2015 (15th) New Horizons International Film Festival - July 23-Aug. 2, 2015 - Panorama
2015 (40th) Toronto International Film Festival - Sept. 10-20, 2015 - Masters *North American Premiere
2015 (20th) Busan International Film Festival - Oct. 1-10, 2015 - Gala Presentation
2015 (28th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 22-31, 2015 - Japan Now

Awards

2016 (39th) Japan Academy Prize - March 4, 2016
- Picture of the Year
- Director of the Year (Hirokazu Koreeda)
- Rookie of the Year (Suzu Hirose)
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (Mikiya Takimoto)
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction (Norikiyo Fujii)

Comments

xfansd Nov 07 2022 5:52 pm Look I too think Ayase is a hottie, but seriously this is a movie where nothing happens and goes nowhere. I am the original weeb on Wiki and I still have the guts to call it what it is

Sleipnire Aug 14 2021 11:26 am @Sameer I think kouda sister used their mother's family name, and Suzu used his father name hence they have different family name

Sameer May 19 2021 7:47 am Why Suzu Asano has different last name than other sisters if they all have same father?

Harun Apr 30 2020 10:02 am I feel peace and comfort after watching this film

WonderfulCastEver Jun 19 2018 9:00 am The casts are so amazing! The story is so healing and heart-warming. The interaction between the 4 leads is so real. Totally love this movie! (Plus Hirose Suzu's so cute~)

Gee Jun 08 2018 9:31 am This movie was fabulous. Really deserving of all the awards!

Al Jun 03 2018 6:45 am The issue taken in this movie is sensitive, but the casts and people involved in filming this movie can create such beautiful and heartwarming story. I'm really impressed by this movie. It's a rare sight in a while

Hyeongnam Apr 01 2018 5:39 am Just beautiful though sad that the entire Kouda family structure was so fragmented. The sisters managed to maintain a semblance of a functioning family and how they relate to each other is quite the thing to behold—heart-warming and poignant.

aering Sep 26 2016 4:45 am @bluesyia exactly right. I wonder how masami got chosen to play a 22 yr old girl's role. She looks so much old and mature.

bluelysia Jul 21 2016 10:10 am at first, I just love the casts.. Ayase, Masami, and Kaho!! Suzu is cute too, first time I know her.. but I imagine Yoshino not as young as 22 lol.. I think she suited more to be 25 or something Anyway, the story is so touching and heartwarming.. Wish I have older sister, especially like Sacchan...

joshi Jul 14 2016 9:37 am this movie is sooooooooo good!

really refreshing and sweet.

suzu and tomaki my fav Apr 05 2016 10:19 pm what is the relazionsihp between tomoaki and sisters?

Mikado Mar 06 2016 2:51 pm One of the best japanese movie ever seen of all my life ! Casting and directing are perfect.

klb Oct 22 2014 6:40 am funny how all 3 sisters have been paired up with okada masaki. interesting movie :D

bananaaaaaa Jun 23 2014 12:08 pm sounds interesting..looking forward to watch this soon.. ganbatte Masami-san and all the rest of the cast d^_^b

bananaaaaaa Jun 23 2014 12:06 pm sounds interesting..looking forward to watch this soon.. ganbatte Misawa-san and all the rest of the cast d^_^b

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