Screened in competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, renowned filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazus latest film Our Little Sister is based on the award-winning manga Umimachi Diary by Yoshida Akimi. The film depicts the lives of three sisters in the seaside city of Kamakura & the changes they undergo when they take in their 13-year-old half-sister after meeting her for the first time at their estranged fathers funeral.
Two of Japans most popular actresses, Ayase Haruka & Nagasawa Masami share screen for the first time as the eldest sister, a level-headed nurse who heads the household, & the second sister, an easygoing bank clerk who makes bad relationship choices, while Kaho ( Blindly in Love) plays the 19-year-old third sister & young rising star Hirose Suzu their little half-sister. Besides the four actresses at the center of the story, the films impressive supporting cast also
Includes:: Otake Shinobu as the matriarch of the family, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Kase Ryo, Lily Franky ( Like Father, Like Son), Kiki Kirin ( Still Walking), Suzuki Ryohei ( Tokyo Tribe), Fubuki Jun ( Like Father, Like Son) & Maeda Oshiro (I Wish).