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Maboroshi no hikari (1995)
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Writers:
Teru Miyamoto (novel)
Yoshihisa Ogita (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 March 1997 (USA) more
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A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant... more | add synopsis
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9 wins & 1 nomination more
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(6 articles)
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(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 22 October 2009, 6:39 PM, PDT)
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Cinematic EYE CANDY more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Makiko Esumi | ... | Yumiko |
| Takashi Naitô | ... | Tamio |
| Tadanobu Asano | ... | Ikuo |
| Gohki Kashiyama | ... | Yuichi |
| Naomi Watanabe | ... | Tomoko |
| Midori Kiuchi | ... | Michiko |
| Akira Emoto | ... | Yoshihiro |
| Mutsuko Sakura | ... | Tomeno |
| Hidekazu Akai | ... | Master |
| Hiromi Ichida | ... | Hatsuko |
| Minori Terada | ... | Detective |
| Ren Ôsugi | ... | Hiroshi, Yumiko's Father |
| Kikuko Hashimoto | ... | Kiyo, Yumiko's Grandmother |
| Shuichi Harada | ... | Cop |
| Takashi Inoue | ... | Driver |
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Illusion (USA) (festival title)
Maborosi (USA)
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110 min
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I don't think I have ever witnessed a film, in which the cinematography was so outstanding that it really was the star of the picture. This film, about a Japanese woman who remaries and moves to a small fishing village after her last husband comits suicide is less about the story but more about its surroundings. Scenes are mostly taken and shot from a distance with little camera movement, in a way they become living paintings. Blues, reds, and greens come in to accent shots, moving vehicles enter to give splash of colour and brilliant contrast. The actors are distant. I couldn't take my eyes let alone blink for the fear of missing something amazing. The simple act of a child throwing a pink ball, to the sunlit rooms that get illuminated, to blue paint in fishing boats it all had me engrossed. I found myself more as a participant in a museum gallery of high art than being engaged in a plot or story not that there isn't one or that it was bad. I have never witnessed a film like this and even found that just the scenes themselves and the background of story brought so much emotion out of me.
A remarkable piece of cinema
Rating 9 out of 10