Shoplifters Quotes

  • Hatsue Shibata: I was sure she'd want to go home.

    Nobuyo Shibata: Do you think she... chose us?

    Hatsue Shibata: Usually you can't choose your own parents.

    Nobuyo Shibata: But then, maybe it's stronger when you choose them yourself.

    Hatsue Shibata: What is?

    Nobuyo Shibata: What is...

    [pause]

    Nobuyo Shibata: The bond. The bond.

    [pause]

    Hatsue Shibata: I chose you, too.

  • Osamu Shibata: [to Yuri after seeing television reports of Yuri's disappearance] Do you think you can make it home by yourself?

  • Yuri: [while trying on a swimsuit in a department store dressing room] Will you hit me later?

    Nobuyo Shibata: [Anguished] No, I will not hit you.

  • Nobuyo Shibata: If someone hits you and tells you they are doing it because they love you, they are a liar.

    [Hugging Yuri]

    Nobuyo Shibata: This is what someone does when they love you.

  • Store owner: Don't make your sister do it.

  • Nobuyo Shibata: Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.

  • Aki Shibata: So Grandma wanted my parent's money but she didn't want me?

  • Kie Miyabe: Children need their mothers.

    Nobuyo Shibata: Giving birth automatically makes you a mother?

Extended Reading
  • Kaylie 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    The place of birth is not necessarily the homeland, but the place of peace of mind; blood is not necessarily relatives, but love is. May the world be gentle and kind to everyone who has no money, who lacks love, and who has neither money nor love.

  • Roel 2022-04-24 07:01:16

    Four and a half stars. It is Hirokazu-eda's return to the most familiar narrative rhythm. The mood is like the warm sun at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, but it is warm but not dazzling. It seems to be recording the daily life of the "thief's family", but what it does not know is that it depicts cute guys who have been stolen from ordinary family, but warm each other where no one cares. If Hirokazu Kore-eda can simplify the first half, the emotions will be released more movingly. Ando Sakura adds too much depth to the film, but doesn't overwhelm the guest.