{"id":2363,"date":"2026-06-24T04:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:14:07","slug":"sheep-in-the-box-neon-drops-first-trailer-for-hirokazu-koreedas-ai-family-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2363","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sheep in the Box\u2019: Neon Drops First Trailer for Hirokazu Koreeda\u2019s AI Family Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tAn adorable little Japanese boy plays with his parents at the playground, plants a tree in their front yard and snuggles in bed reading <em>The Little Prince.<\/em> All appears sweet and natural until bedtime, when instead of slipping beneath the covers, he takes a seat on his charging station and powers down, a small button on the back of his night emitting an eerie blue glow.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2362\">\u2018Off Campus\u2019 Star Stephen Kalyn Takes You Behind-the-Scenes of His Calvin Klein-Inspired Verizon Spot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo begins the first official trailer (see it below) for Japanese arthouse star Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2018s latest feature, <em>Sheep in the Box.<\/em> The film premiered in competition at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival \u2014 where Kore-eda won the Palme d\u2019Or for <em>Shoplifters<\/em> in 2018 \u2014 and it will open in New York and Los Angeles on July 24, before rolling out nationwide over the weeks that follow.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKoreeda\u2019s 17th feature unfolds in a Japan a half-step into the future, where drones deliver everything, the cars are all electric and generative AI has reached into the most intimate corners of family life. Architect Otone (Haruka Ayase) and her carpenter husband Kensuke (comedian turned actor Daigo) are wracked with grief over the death of their young son when they come upon a new robotics company whose services target families in their sad predicament. Using the photos, videos and other digital traces of a lost love one, the company creates AI-powered humanoid replicas of the deceased, offering families a replacement and continuation of sorts. The story takes flight when the android creation of their beloved son arrives in a box at Otone and Kensuke\u2019s doorstep in the Tokyo suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn other hands, such a premise might inspire some <em>Black Mirror<\/em>-style dystopian dread, but as the trailer\u2019s ethereal tone makes clear, Kore-eda, characteristically, has a gentler, more humane take on what AI could portend for human relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2360\">\u2018Obsession\u2019 Star Cooper Tomlinson Pulls Back the Curtain on the Cinematic Phenomenon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI believe that as AI and androids evolve, they are going to transcend humanity,\u201d Koreeda told <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>in an interview before Cannes. \u201cThey will want to connect with something bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKoreeda wrote, directed and edited <em>Sheep in the Box<\/em>. He reunites behind the camera with cinematographer Ryuto Kondo, who also shot <em>Shoplifters<\/em> and his acclaimed 2023 feature <em>Monster<\/em>. The film was produced by Fuji Television, Gaga, Toho and AOI Pro.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the U.S., the film will be released by Neon, continuing the specialty distributor\u2019s long run of handling recent Cannes standouts. 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