Description: Our Little Sister
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"Our Little Sister", directed by internationally acclaimed director Hirozaku Kore-eda , is adapted from Yoshida Akimi's best-selling graphic novel "Umimachi Diary". Three twenty-something sisters - Sachi, Yoshino and Chika - live together in a large old house in the seaside town of Kamakura. When they learn of their estranged father's death, they decide to travel to the countryside for his funeral. There they meet their shy teenage half-sister Suzu for the first time and, bonding quickly, invite her to live
Amidst the many and varied colors of Kamakura's four seasons, the four sisters cause each other emotional anguish, and support each other through life's trials, developing a very special bond in the process. Set against the summer ocean sparkling with sunlight, radiant autumn foliage, a tunnel of gorgeous yet impermanent cherry blossom trees, hydrangeas damp from the rainy season, and brilliant fireworks heralding the arrival of another summer, their moving and deeply relatable story depicts the irreplaceab
Haruka Ayase (Sachi Koda) was born in 1985 in Hiroshima, Japan. After appearances in several TV series, Ayase attracted much attention with the TV series "Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World" (2004). In 2008, she appeared in Kwak Jae-Young's "Cyborg She", in which her portrayal of a cyborg brought her international popularity. In the same year, she appeared as a blind swordswoman in "ICHI," the remake of the internationally acclaimed "The Tale of Zatoichi" (1962). With "Oppai Volleyball" (2009), she