After the Storm

Strong characters highlight Hirokazu Koreeda's low-key, well-acted, down-to-earth, 117-minute, 2016 film in which a divorced, broke, Japanese gambling addict (Hiroshi Abe), who was once a prize-winning novelist, steals from his lonely, widowed mother (Kirin Kiki) as he works at a detective agency with his partner (Sosuke Ikematsu) to earn money for child support while dreaming of his next novel and tries to keep connected with his young son (Taiyô Yoshizawa) despite the reluctance of his ex-wife (Yôko Maki) who is now dating a well-to-do boyfriend.
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