Kore-eda Hirokazu’s 2018 film, Shoplifters, will without doubt be listed as one of the best films to come from Japan. It is a story full of heart, a tender drama focusing on a dysfunctional band of crooks residing on the fringes of Tokyo, scraping by through part-time jobs and petty theft. After a routine supermarket heist, Osamu, the paternal figure of the group finds left abandoned outside in the cold is a little girl named Yuri. Concerned for her safety,…
