Maborosi (1995)

Original title

幻の光

Directed by

Hirokazu Koreeda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

15

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 204 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Japan struggles with grief and a sense of loss after her husband's sudden death. She tries to build a new life with another man in a remote coastal town but remains haunted by fleeting memories.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnquietelegiacvisually lyricalintrospectivesubdued

What happens

Maborosi, known in Japan as Maboroshi no Hikari (Japanese: 幻の光; literally "phantasmic light", but best translated as 'a trick of the light'), is a 1995 Japanese drama film by director Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Naito. It is based on a novel by Teru Miyamoto. Maborosi won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography at the 1995 Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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