Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

Maborosi

:

Overview
Maborosi
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
1 rating
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,1hr 49min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1995
Director:
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Distributor:
New Yorker Video
Starring:
Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, Akira Emoto  ...more
Synopsis: Japanese documentarian Hirokazu Kore-eda made his first dramatic feature with this austere drama, which recalls the visual and narrative style of Yasujiro Ozu. Yukimo (Makiko Esumi) is married to Ikuo (Tadanobu Asano), a happy and humble man who loves her very much. While Yukimo and Ikuo are content in their marriage and have a beautiful infant son named Yuichi, Yukimo is haunted by visions of death. She has a recurring nightmare in which her grandmother leaves her home to go to the village of her ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
Hirokazu Kore-eda's debut feature is a quietly devastating work. Yumiko's domestic bliss is shattered when her loving, seemingly happy husband Ikuo suddenly commits suicide. Years later, her happiness with her kindly second husband is tempered by a grief over Ikuo's final, inexplicable act that will not heal. Recalling the restrained stylistic elegance of Yasujiro Ozu and Hou Hsiao Hsien, Kore-eda ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Makiko Esumi
Yumiko
Tadanobu Asano
Ikuo
Akira Emoto
Yoshihiro
Similar Movies
View All (8)
Tokyo Story (1972) Blue (1993) Late Autumn (1960) Love Letter (1998) After Life (1999) Under the Sand (2000)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft