The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will present the 2018 Japanese film Shoplifters (万引き家族)) on November 4 as the final installment of its three-part Hirokazu Koreeda series.
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold.It will be accompanied by a lecture from Dr. Linda Ehrlich, author of The Films of Koreeda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema. Registration for the free 7:00 pm event is required.
At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces.
Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them..