

The film was released in Japan on June 13, 2015. The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Principal photography began in July 2014. The film was produced by Fuji Television, Shogakukan, Toho and Gaga Corporation. Kore-eda and stars promoting the film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Suzu joins the local football team and becomes popular as the relationship develops. At the train station Sachi spontaneously invites Suzu to come and live with them. Observing the behaviour of the stepmother at the funeral (she tries to pass on the responsibility of addressing the guests to Suzu), Sachi guesses that Suzu looked after their father as he died, not the stepmother. Suzu is living with her stepmother and stepbrother.

At the funeral, they meet their half-sister Suzu Asano. One day, they receive news of the death of their father whom they have not seen in fifteen years. Three sisters, Sachi Kouda, Yoshino Kouda and Chika Kouda, live in the house of their grandparents in Kamakura.
