Maborosi

1995 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

31
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 24 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 8269 8.3K

suicide based on novel or book arranged marriage melancholy bereavement seaside town

Plot summary

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Director

Hirokazu Koreeda Photo
Hirokazu Koreeda

Top cast

Hidekazu Akai Photo
Hidekazu Akai as Master
Akira Emoto Photo
Akira Emoto as Yoshihiro
Tadanobu Asano Photo
Tadanobu Asano as Ikuo
Takashi Naitô Photo
Takashi Naitô as Tamio
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
912.08 MB
1280*682
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 4
1.73 GB
1920*1024
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TanjBennett 7 / 10

drift through life, beautifully

A slow paced film that lets you have some empathy for a life changed by inexplicable loss, diverted to unexpected place and contemplation. Despite the intensity possible in the theme, the behavior is a compelling mixture of detachment and continuation of everyday activity, while underneath you can see the memories are unresolved. Some nice acting, especially if you can attune yourself to subtleties of normal life and are not expecting "larger than life" displays. The photography is beautiful and alternates with the acting in setting the mood and being the focus of attention.I watched the US DVD version, which has somewhat disappointing video quality. You can see the director took some spectacular imagery which I have got to hope came out better on film, because on the DVD the resolution is muddy at times and some of the color is flat. It is just a bit better than VHS. A real pity they could not make a better digital transfer of such a visual artwork. Most of the soundtrack is voices and background environment which fits perfectly with the film, there is one sequence with (very effective) music soundtrack.
Reviewed by rsillima 8 / 10

Delicate & visual

With a cinematic eye that harks back to Kurosawa and the first color features of Antonioni (esp. Red Desert & Blowup), Maborosi is one of the quietest and most delicate little films you will ever see. It is the absolute antidote to fare like Die Hard.
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