Oscar Best Foreign Film Nominees 2019
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Directed by Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor Hirokazu Kore-eda (who has directed more than a dozen feature films), this Japanese drama is centreed on a family living in poverty that is forced to make ends meet through theft. The film won the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes (the festival's highest accolade), and — along with Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai, which is up for best animated feature — this is the first time Japanese films have been nominated for Oscars in 10 years. Popular Japanese actors Lily Franky and Sakura Ando star in the film as the parents of the Shibata family.