Hirokazu Koreeda	...	(Director)
Hirokazu Koreeda	...	(Writer)
Kirin Kiki	...	Hatsue Shibata
Lily Franky	...	Osamu Shibata
Sôsuke Ikematsu	...	4 ban-san
Sakura Andô	...	Nobuyo Shibata
Mayu Matsuoka	...	Aki Shibata
Akira Emoto	...
Moemi Katayama	...
Kengo Kôra	...	Takumi Maezono
Chizuru Ikewaki	...	Kie Miyabe
Jyo Kairi	...	Shota Shibata
Yôko Moriguchi	...
Miyu Sasaki	...	Yuri
Naoto Ogata	...
Yuki Yamada	...
Haruomi Hosono	...	Composer
Ryûto Kondô	...	Cinematographer
Hirokazu Koreeda	...	Editor
Yûki Yamada	...	(as Yuki Yamada)

Comments: Sakura Ando is Heavenly

I enjoyed Lily Franky in his feature film debut a decade ago, All Around Us, for his non-acting. Now that he's played the same character in every single Japanese film made since then, with the added disfeature that he now acts his non-acting, I find him insufferable. I don't like sloppy bad eating-acting as character development, and I'm no fan of plucky guitar soundtracks. So this brilliant and wonderful film mostly repulsed me.

Sorry Hirokazu, you're one of my favorite directors. You made a few choices that didn't work for me. I'm happy they worked for a lot of others. Congratulations on your success with the film.

Summary: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.