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Actors: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano

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MABOROSI (Maboroshi no hikari) is a Japanese movie directed by Hirokazu Koreeda in 1995.
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Yumiko lives in a poor neighborhood with her husband Ikuo and their three months old baby. The couple seems very happy until the day Ikuo apparenty commits suicide while coming home from work. Six years later, Yumiko agrees to marry Tamio who lives in a small town near the ocean. But the young woman hasn't forgotten her first husband and still tries to understand why Ikuo killed himself without warning and without leaving a note explaining his motives.
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Plot & Themes

Time/era of movie:    -   1980's-1999 Inner struggle or disability    -   Yes Coping with loss of loved one?    -   Yes Coping with loss of    -   Husband/boyfriend/squeeze

Main Character

Identity:    -   Female Profession/status:    -   homemaker/wife Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   Japanese Unusual characteristics:    -   Super sensitive soggy jelly muffin

Setting

Asia/Pacific/Middle East    -   Yes Asian country:    -   Japan City?    -   Yes Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Misc setting    -   moving train

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   sex under blankets Any profanity?    -   None Is this movie based on a    -   book

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