A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.
Acting
Odagiri and Kagawa's staggering restraint — whole conversations in glances.
Direction
Nishikawa's unflinching observation of Japanese masculine face-saving.
Director
Miwa Nishikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nishikawa, rare female director in Japanese cinema, deliberately subverts the yakuza/gangster genre by draining all glamour — this is Miwa Nishikawa's feature debut after assistant directing for Hirokazu Kore-eda.
The film's Japanese title 'Yureru' means 'sway' but also 'hesitate' — every character sways between versions of truth they can live with.
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