“盗んだのは、絆でした。”
都会の片隅の今にも壊れそうなボロ家でひっそりと暮らす、治と妻の信代、息子の祥太、治の老母・初枝、そして信代の妹・亜紀の奇妙な5人家族。彼らは、家族ぐるみで店で万引きを働いたり、初枝が定期的にもらう年金を頼りに、どうにか毎日を送っていた。ある冬の晩、近所の団地の外で震える幼い女の子ゆりを見るに見かねた治が、彼女を家に連れ帰り、家族に新しい仲間が加わる。そんな彼ら一家は、実はある秘密を抱えていた。
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A genuinely super film about a family of small time chancers who survive on their wits on the verge of poverty. There is something almost Fagin-esque about their behaviour, but in best Robin Hood tradition we always feel that their small-scale criminal activities are carried out as a result of necessity than from any need or wish to do anyone else any harm. They take in a little girl off the street which stretches their already meagre resources but without rancour or complaint and we skip through a series of events, some beautifully poignant some rather more serious. The contrast between the three generations of the "Shibata" family living in a space no bigger than an average garage compared with some of the wealth and Japanese opulence surrounding them is expertly delivered by a strong cast - especially the youngsters - under the careful direction of Hirozaku Koreeda - and makes for a thought-provoking two hours of cinema.
