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7.6/10   1,168 votes
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Director:

Hirokazu Koreeda

Writers:

Teru Miyamoto (novel)
Yoshihisa Ogita (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

21 March 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant... more | add synopsis

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Illusion (USA) (festival title)
Maborosi (USA)
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Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG | France:U | Germany:o.Al.

Company:

TV Man Union more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Yumiko: It's harder to say goodbye if we keep postponing it. more


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Cinematic EYE CANDY, 22 June 2002
9/10
Author: smakawhat from Washington, DC

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

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