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Maborosi’s subtle and profound depiction of trauma, and recovery from trauma, marks Kore-eda’s award-winning first feature film, based on a short story/novella by Miyamoto Teru. The film moves from fire to water, and back to fire.
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Ehrlich, L.C. (2019). Water: Maborosi no hikari/Maborosi, 1995. In: The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu. East Asian Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33051-4_3
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