Maborosi
By: directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda ; screenplay by Yoshihisa Ogita ; produced by Naoe Gozu
Contributors: Esumi, Makiko, actor; Naitō, Takashi, 1955- actor; Asano, Tadanobu, actor; Milestone Film & Video
Edition: New edition.
Series: Milestone cinematheque; Milestone cinematheque
Published: 2018
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781933920924
Subjects: Grief; Drama; Suicide; Husbands
Other titles: Container of (work): Maborosi (Motion picture); Container of (expression): Maborosi (Motion picture). English.
Description: Yumiko is a vibrant and happy young wife and mother who is haunted by the childhood memory of watching her grandmother walk away from the family home, never to be seen again. When her husband dies a mysterious suicide, Yumiko is devastated by shock and grief. She struggles to care for her toddler son in the couple's cramped Osaka apartment.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.

Special features: Commentary by Linda Ehrlich; Birthplace: A documentary with Makiko Esumi.

Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito, Tadanobu Asano.

DVD, wide screen.

Japanese or English dialogue; English subtitles.