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Our Little Sister
Why this pick
Like Her Love Boils Bathwater, it finds profound feeling in everyday family care, with resilient women gradually making a fractured household feel whole.
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MOVIE2016 2h 5m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rie Miyazawa
Futaba Kono
Hana Sugisaki
Azumi Kono
Joe Odagiri
Kazuhiro Kono
Tori Matsuzaka
Takumi Mukai