

Our Little Sister
2015-06-13 · 127 min · ★ 7.6
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
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Production details
- Directors
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Production companies
- Shogakukan, TOHO, Fuji Television Network, BUN-BUKU, GAGA Corporation, FILM
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 346,485
Top Cast
Haruka AyaseSachi Kōda
Masami NagasawaYoshino Kōda
KahoChika Kōda
Suzu HiroseSuzu Asano
Ryo KaseMinami Sakashita
Ryohei SuzukiDr. Yasuyuki Inoue
Ikeda TakafumiSanzō Hamada
Kentaro SakaguchiTomoaki Fujii
Oshirō MaedaFūta Ozaki
Midoriko KimuraHideko Takano
Yuko NakamuraYōko Asano
Kazuaki ShimizuToshio Iida
Kaoru Hirata
Masumi NomuraNurse
Mikami SayaMiho Kaneko
Fukiko HaraMidori Ogata
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