After the Storm

Kore-eda is a director somehow able to capture both life’s natural humour and the most profound thoughts and feelings, often in small, still moments and quiet exchanges beautifully observed. He does so here through the story of a divorced father, scraping by as a private detective, who ends up stuck at his mother’s house along with his son and ex-wife as they sit out a typhoon.

Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.

Stars Hiroshi Abe, Yōko Maki, Taiyō Yoshizawa .

Japan. In Japanese.

Rated PG.

Released 2016.

Runtime 118 minutes.

Cannes Film Festival, nominated for Un Certain Regard. Chicago International Film Festival, nominated for Gold Hugo. Online Film Critics Society Awards, won Best Non-U.S. Release. Seattle International Film Festival, nominated for Best Director.