Maborosi
A beautiful and melancholy movie. Breathtaking cinematography and score.
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Filmography
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Maborosi
One of the finest films of Japanese cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda's first feature film is a story of love, loss and ultimately, regeneration. Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years ago, a beautiful young mother struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband....Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Drama / Tragedy
- International / Asian / Japanese
Recent Reviews
Maborosi
With the pathos, coiled drama, and painterly framing of an Ozu masterpiece, this movie speaks in its silences and shadow. A truly beautiful work.
Maborosi
Filmed utilizing only natural light, but conforming to clearly well thought out visual framing -- Hirokazu Koreeda unfolds this story in the most unusual of ways. The movie feels as...
Maborosi
A masterpiece,what else can be said? It was great to revisit Kore-Eda's first film 20 years later. Although much sadder and somber than his later efforts, this keeps the humanistic...