Still Walking

2008 Japanese filmStill WalkingFilm posterDirected byHirokazu Kore-edaWritten byHirokazu Kore-edaProduced byYoshihiro KatoSatoshi KōnoHijiri TaguchiMasahiro YasudaStarring Hiroshi Abe Yui Natsukawa You Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka Susumu Terajima Kirin Kiki Yoshio Harada CinematographyYutaka YamasakiEdited byHirokazu Kore-edaMusic byGontitiProductioncompanyCineQuanonDistributed byCine Qua Non FilmsRelease date June 28, 2008 (2008-06-28) (Japan) Running time114 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office$3.26 million Still Walking (Japanese: 歩いても 歩いても, Hepburn: Aruitemo aruitemo) is a 2008 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of the eldest son. The film was widely praised by critics and won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot The Yokoyama family come together every year to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who accidentally drowned 12 years ago while saving the life of a boy. His father Kyohei, a retired doctor, and mother Toshiko are joined by their surviving son Ryota, who has r