Inspired by an infamous true story that made headlines in Japan in 1988 this tough yet tender film from writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda follows the lives of four children left to fend for themselves by their wayward mother. Having smuggled her family into a new apartment under the landlord's nose Kyoko puts her 12 year old son Akira in charge of the youngsters and after a brief period of relative family harmony disappears. Akira manages as best he can but limited means and the
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