Maboroshi no hikari / a New Yorker Films release ; a Milestone film release ; TV Man Union, Inc. presents ; directed by Koreeda Hirokazu ; screenplay by Yoshihisa Ogita ; produced by Naoe Gozu.

幻の光 / a New Yorker Films release ; a Milestone film release ; TV Man Union, Inc. presents ; directed by Koreeda Hirokazu ; screenplay by Yoshihisa Ogita ; produced by Naoe Gozu.

Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband's home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:International cinema (DVD videodiscs)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: New Yorker Video (Firm) (Film distributor)
New Yorker Films
Milestone Film & Video
Terebiman Yunion
Other Authors: Naitō, Takashi = 內藤剛志(Actor)
Esumi, Makiko = 江角マキコ(Actor)
Asano, Tadanobu = 浅野忠信(Actor)
Koreeda, Hirokazu, 1962- = 是枝裕和(Director)
Ogita, Yoshihisa = 荻田芳久(Screenwriter)
Miyamoto, Teru = 中堀正夫
Gozu, Naoe (Producer)
Nakabori, Masao (director of photography.)
Ohshima, Tomoyo (Editor of moving image work)
Chen, Mingzhang, 1956-
Language:Japanese
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Japanese dialogue, English subtitles.
Series:International cinema (DVD videodiscs)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Suicide victims > Family relationships > Japan > Drama.
Suicide > Japan > Drama.
Love > Japan > Drama.
Grief > Japan > Drama..
Grief.
Love.
Suicide.
Suicide victims > Family relationships.
Japan.
Jisatsu.
Shiawase.
Feature films.
Feature films > Japan.
Foreign language films > Japanese.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Drama..
Feature films.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Maborosi.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband's home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea of Japan. There, with time, she awakens to find love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features: American and Japanese trailers; director's profile; filmography & thoughts on "The making of Maborosi."
Call Number:AF5 D0007785 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
Awards:Best film, Chicago International Film Festival.
ISBN:1567301878
9781567301878
Credits:Based on an original story by Teru Miyamoto ; cinematography by Masao Nakabori ; edited by Tomoyo Ohshima ; music by Chen Ming-Chang.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitoh, Tadanobu Asano.