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Maborosi (1995)
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Maborosi (1995)
Original name: 幻の光
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.
Style: art house, atmospheric, contemplative, slow cinema, retro, aesthetic, psychological, serious, realistic, light ...
Plot: suicide, stepbrother stepsister relationship, death, self discovery, arranged marriage, train, memory, drinking, mental disorder, water, meditation, asian, village, hopes, sea, widow, loss of husband, bereavement, seaside town, investigation, youth, love and romance, village life, couples, museum ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: japan, italy, venice, asia, europe, osaka japan, tokyo
Keyword: retrospective, oldies, dreams

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Eureka (2000)
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Duration: 117 min.
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