"The work of a master in full command of his art." - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
"Superb." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"This is the year's most compassionate movie." - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
"A masterpiece." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
NOMINEE - Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
WINNER - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that it is love - not blood - that defines a family.