Maboroshi no Hikari (1995)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 110 minuten
Alternative titles: Maborosi / 幻の光
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito and Tadanobu Asano
IMDb score:
7,5 (8.342)
Releasedate: 1 October 1995
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Maboroshi no Hikari plot
Maborosi is the mysterious light that lures people into the sea, the strange light in the distance that has an irresistible attraction. So strong that whoever has seen it must obey it. The film tells how a young woman copes with the death of her husband. She moves to a small town and searches for a raison d'être in her life.
Actors and actresses
Yumiko
Ikuo
Tamio
Yuichi
Tomoko
Michiko
Yoshihiro
Tomeno
Hiroshi
Kiyo
Reviews & comments
eRCee
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- 13449 messages
- 1981 votes
Beautiful film about family life, entirely in the tradition of Ozu. The film is told without sentiment (this is sometimes different with Koreeda) and is beautifully photographed. I found the musical support, which sometimes focuses on emotion, to be a bit mixed. If such a film is received more widely, it will receive a high score, but somehow that didn't really happen today.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I have also discovered Koreeda and, after 'Like father, like sun' and 'Nobody knows', I was very curious about his debut film. Later these follow 'After life' and 'Our little sister'. But first it was this Maboroshi no Hikari's turn.
It is a tragic film about a young happy woman who loses her partner after a suicide. The strong thing about the film is the woman's constant naggingabout the motive. Why on earth? The viewer also continues to struggle with this question. She feels guilty, blames herself and lets her go. Even when she meets a new partner, she finds it difficult to let go of the past. For a moment you fear that after the disappearance of her grandmother (when she was still young) she would also lose her son (one who falls into the water, it happened quickly). Fortunately this didn't happen and it might have been just that little bit too much.
It is a film with many silences, a film with a very slow build-up and long static camera points. Not many emotions either, but that may be due to Japanese culture. Suicidewithin Japanese society is an insidious poison, often carried by the demanding performance culture that prevails. Maybe he committed suicide due to early (stressful) fatherhood, who wants to tell?
The ending made the film stronger and symbolic. The funeral procession, the fire beacon, the explanation and the appropriate music rounded it off nicely.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14596 messages
- 4552 votes
Nice movie. Koreeda is excellent at atmospheric and especially small moments. Beautifully shot, wonderful rhythm and fine images of Japan. The only thing is that as a viewer you are kept at a distance for a very long time. Literally often with the camera at a great distance, but the film is extremely cold. Only in the last 10 minutes is feeling allowed. That does make it difficult to assess this. The fact is that I wasn't really drawn in, so a higher score is too high, but the film was quite nice and special, so what I'm giving now is, in my opinion, too low. Nevertheless, set at 3.5*.
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