I Wish
2011 · Movie · PG · 127 min · ★ 7.3 · 87% critics
After their parents’ divorce, two brothers live in different towns and miss each other deeply. When a rumor spreads that a miracle happens at the exact moment two new bullet trains pass, they team up with friends, scrape together travel money, and set off on a small adventure to make their wishes heard.
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Details
- Original title
- 奇跡
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-06-11
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (177 votes)
- Box office
- $2,371,548
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, child-centered family drama with a touch of everyday magic and a relaxed pace, similar in spirit to After Life; Not for you if you need tight plotting and constant momentum.
Pros: gentle, heartfelt tone; warm child focus; charming slice of Japan | Cons: slow, meandering setup; uneven kid acting; feels overly long
Themes
- sibling relationship
- brother
- train
- broken family
- brother brother relationship
Awards & recognition
- Asian Film Award — Best Newcomer · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew
Koki Maeda
as Koichi Osako
Oshirō Maeda
as Ryoonosuke Kinami
Nene Otsuka
as Nozomi Osako
Joe Odagiri
as Kenji Kinami
- RH
Ryôga Hayashi
as Tasuku
- HY
Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga
as Shin Ota
Kyara Uchida
as Megumi Ariyoshi
Kanna Hashimoto
as Kanna
- RI
Rento Isobe
as Rento
Masami Nagasawa
as Mimura
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda