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Shoplifters (2018 film)

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Shoplifters is a 2018 Japanese drama directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, following a poor Tokyo family that supplements its income through petty theft and that takes in an abused young girl found outside in the cold, gradually revealing that the family's own bonds are not the biological ones they appear to be. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, the first Japanese winner since The Eel in 1997, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Original Language
Japanese 1
Award
Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film 1
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César Award for Best Foreign Film 1
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Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film 1
Release Year
2018 1
Country
Japan 1
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1. Shoplifters - Wikipedia
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    is a 2018 Japanese drama film
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  • Shoplifters (2018 film), Description, original language
    Shoplifters is a 2018 Japanese drama directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, following a poor Tokyo family that supplements its income through petty theft and that takes in an abused young girl found outside in the cold, gradually revealing that the family's own bonds are not the biological ones they appear to be.
  • Wikipedia category, checked 2026-09-27
    Category:Best Foreign Film Guldbagge Award winners
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