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  • I Wish
  • Opened May 11, 2012 | Runtime:2 hr 8 min
  • PG
    Language, Smoking and Mild Thematic Elements
  • Twelve-year-old Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparents in Kagoshima, in the southern region of Kyushu, Japan. His younger brother Ryunosuke lives with their father in Hakata, northern Kyushu. The brothers have been separated by their Read More
  • Cast: Koki Maeda, Ohshiro Maeda, Ryoga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi, Kinya Uchida, Manami Hashimoto, Rento Isobe, Nene Ohtsuka, Jô Odagiri, Yui Natsukawa, Yoshio Harada, Kirin Kiki, Isao Hashizume
  • Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Family

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I Wish Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 80 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Kore-eda does extraordinary work with his young cast, who deliver gentle,...

  • 100
    Washington Post |

    The vignettes are linked as much by theme as story, yet they're carefully...

  • 91
    indieWIRE | Eric Kohn

    I Wish embraces blissful ignorance, even celebrating its child characters'...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The brothers Maeda are pure gold; the film captures what feels like effortless...

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