Japan's Shoplifters steals Cannes show

CANNES, France - Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda won the Palme d'Or at Cannes on Saturday for Shoplifters, a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists.

The award, to a director who has won prizes at the festival before, defied speculation that the Palme might go to a female director, with three strong contenders in a year when the Hollywood sex scandal was the talk of the town.

Italian actress Asia Argento, who has accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, said there were abusers in the audience who had yet to be outed.