A video essay about this masterpiece by Kore-eda. It was an absolute joy to analyze the film.


First attempt at a video essay, so we hope you enjoy it.





Sources:


Carew, Anthony. “Communal Complicity: Family and Fairness in Hirokazu Koreeda’s Shoplifters and The Third Murder.” Metro, no. 199 (January 1, 2019): 58–65. http://search.proquest.com/docview/22....

Ehrlich, Linda C. “Turning Away from the Fire: A New Look at Films of Kore-Eda Hirokazu.” Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media 60, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 116–140.

Ehrlich, Linda C. An Elemental Cinema Re-examined: Manbiki kazoku/Shoplifters, 2018. In: The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu. East Asian Popular Culture, 193-216.


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Koch, Gabriele. “Willing Daughters: The Moral Rhetoric of Filial Sacrifice and Financial Autonomy in Tokyo’s Sex Industry.” Critical Asian Studies 48, no. 2 (April 2, 2016): 215–234. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10....

Ma, Aliza. “LOVE AND THEFT.” Film Comment. New York: Film at Lincoln Center, Inc., November 1, 2018. http://search.proquest.com/docview/21....

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