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Movie Info

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transsexual girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    Japanese
  • Director:
    Naoko Ogigami
  • Writer:
    Naoko Ogigami
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Dentsu, Sony Music Entertainment

Cast & Crew

Tôma Ikuta
Eiko Koike
Mugi Kadowaki
Kenta Kiritani
Mimura
Misako Tanaka
Rin Kakihara
Naoko Ogigami
Director
Naoko Ogigami
Screenwriter
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Critic Reviews for Close-Knit

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  • Gentle, empathetic and deliberately non-confrontational, Close Knit is definitely on the mild-mannered end of the spectrum when it comes to movies dealing with transgender issues.

    February 10, 2017 | Full Review…

    Wendy Ide

    Screen International

  • Ogigami's look at the connection of Tomo and Makio is very sensitive, presenting the latter as a very gentle, loving and disillusioned about her situation individual, not neglecting though, to present the issues she has with her own mother

    December 23, 2019 | Full Review…

    Panos Kotzathanasis

    Asian Movie Pulse

  • A delicate, heart-warming film which touches on serious topics like discrimination and ignorance, without finding the need to raise the stakes with unnecessary scenes of conflict.

    January 30, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Richard James Havis

    South China Morning Post

  • Close-Knit leaves a lasting impression not simply of the injustice faced by transgender people, but also of what joy there could be if society were more tolerant.

    June 29, 2017 | Full Review…

    Elena Lazic

    Seventh Row

  • The whole film rises or falls on Ikuta's performance as Rinko -- and he is superb.

    February 22, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Mark Schilling

    Japan Times

  • One might find the tremendous emotional swells of Close-Knit so moving at times that one can barely hear the sound of fresh ground being broken in Japanese cinema.

    February 16, 2017 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

    Rory O'Connor

    The Film Stage
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