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I Wish
I Wish
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I WISH

Kiseki

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan, 2011
Drama, Family

Synopsis

Koichi and his younger brother Ryunosuke have been separated by their parents’ divorce, and Koichi’s only wish is for his family to be reunited. When he learns that a bullet train line will soon open linking the two towns in which they live, Koichi sets out on a journey hoping to witness a miracle.

Synopsis

Koichi and his younger brother Ryunosuke have been separated by their parents’ divorce, and Koichi’s only wish is for his family to be reunited. When he learns that a bullet train line will soon open linking the two towns in which they live, Koichi sets out on a journey hoping to witness a miracle.

Our take

Hirokazu Koreeda’s touching family drama is rocked gently by the ebbs and flows of a family’s unstable dynamic. Sometimes tragic, always moving, I Wish has empathy for both sides of the story, recognizing the inherent challenges of the nuclear family unit. And has anyone directed children better?