Maborosi (1995)
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
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It's surprising, since Kore-eda has in the past crafted some of the most poignant and delicate of Japanese films, including "Maborosi" and "Nobody Knows."
His most memorable dramas always seem to be built around families: Maborosi (a wife deals with her husband's suicide); After Life (departed souls remember their loved ones); I Wish (a pair of brothers are separated but try to reconnect); Still Walking (a poignant visit to grandparents in the countryside); and the heartbreaking Nobody Knows, in which four young Tokyo kids are abandoned by their mother.
Writer/director Kore-eda Hirokazu ("Nobody Knows," "I Wish") has examined the dynamics of families split apart since 1995's "Maborosi," but this time, as the father of a 5 year-old himself, the project's more personal.
While family dramas like Still Walking and Like Father, Like Son have established Kore-eda as seemingly the heir apparent to Yasijiro Ozu, Maborosi is something of a different animal.