Shoplifters

"A compact masterpiece about a scruffy family that isn't what it seems, and love that's the real thing." 

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal. A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet, yet manage to take in a child they find on the street.

R; 121 minutes; Japanese with English subtitles

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