Maboroshi no hikari [videorecording] = Maborosi / directed by Koreeda Hirokazu ; screenplay by Ogita Yoshihisa ; TV Man Union.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Japanese
Εdition
Letterboxed version.
Published/​Created
New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, [1998]
Description
1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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Series
International cinema [More in this series]
Summary note
Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a young mother struggles to come to terms with her husband's apparent suicide. 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 finds love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.
Notes
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
  • Based on an original story by Miyamoto Teru.
Creation/​Production credits
Producer, Gozu Naoe ; director of photography, Nakabori Masao ; music, Chen Ming-Chang.
System details
VHS.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Cast: Esumi Makiko, Naitō Takashi, Asano Tadanobu.
Language note
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Other title(s)
Maborosi
ISBN
1567301509
Publisher no.
NYV 66598
OCLC
39473796
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