Film: Maboroshi (Maboroshi no hikari)
February 13, 2001
Note: This film was originally scheduled for February 20
Film: Maboroshi (Maboroshi no hikari)
Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Visiting Fellow of the Donald Keene Center)
Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall, Columbia University (115th St. & Broadway)
7:00 PM
Part of “Countries and Cities in East Asian Film” Series
A visually lush, poetic tale of love and loss with a touch of mystery, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s film features a stunning performance by Esumi Makiko as Yumiko, a young woman fearful that she somehow brings death to the ones she loves. Moving between the city and the country, the young widow’s intense quest to understand her husband’s death is conveyed in exquisitely photographed extended scenes. Harking back to the golden age of Japanese cinema, Kore-eda’s remarkable use of light, space and stillness perceptively conveys the lives and emotions of his characters. The result is a film of great cinematic beauty and narrative elegance. – Film Society of Lincoln Center |
Mr. Kore-eda is a Visiting Fellow of the Donald Keene Center, under a program supported by the United States-Japan Foundation.
Co-sponsored by the East Asian Institute, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Center for Chinese Cultural and Institutional History, and the Film Division of the School of the Arts
