Our Little Sister

Our Little Sister
Our Little Sister
	Poster
Directed by	Hirokazu Kore-eda
Screenplay by	Hirokazu Kore-eda
Based on	Umimachi Diary; by Akimi Yoshida
Produced by	Kaoru Matsuzaki; Hijiri Taguchi;
Starring	Haruka Ayase; Masami Nagasawa; Kaho; Suzu Hirose; Ryo Kase; Kentaro Sakaguchi; Ryohei Suzuki;
Cinematography	Mikiya Takimoto
Edited by	Hirokazu Kore-eda
Music by	Yoko Kanno
Production; companies	Toho; GAGA corporation; Fuji Television Network; Shogakukan; TV Man Union;
Distributed by	Toho; GAGA corporation;
Release dates	May 14, 2015 (Cannes); June 13, 2015 (Japan);
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.55 billion

Our Little Sister (Japanese: 海街 diary, Hepburn: Umimachi Diary, lit. "Seaside town diary") is a 2015 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga series Umimachi Diary. It stars Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho and Suzu Hirose. The film follows three sisters living in Kamakura, alongside their half sister.^[2] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]^[4]

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^ Ma, Kevin (28 May 2014). "Kore-eda Hirokazu adapts Kamakura Diary". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
^ "2015 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 2015-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-08.