MABOROSHI NO HIKARI
Yumiko is happily married with an infant son when news comes that her husband has been killed by a train. A few years later she marries a widower from a small fishing village and finds happiness again. But a visit to her mother triggers memories of her dead husband and it seems a mystery surrounds his death.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Yumiko Makiko Esumi
- Tamio, Yumiko's Second Husband Takeshi Naito
- Ikuo, Yumoki's First Husband Tadanobu Asano
- Yuichi, Yumiko's Son Goki Kashiyama
- Tomoko, Tamio's Daughter Naomi Watanabe
- Michiko, Yumiko's Mother Midori Kiuchi
- Yoshihiro, Tamio's Father Akira Emoto
- Tomeno Mutsuko Sakura
- Master Hidekazu Akai
- Hatsuko Hiromi Ichida
- Detective Minori Terada
- Hiroshi, Yumiko's Father Ren Ôsugi
- Kiyo, Yumiko's Grandmother Kikuko Hashimoto
- Cop Shuichi Harada
- Driver Takashi Inoue
- Yumiko as a Young Girl Sayaka Yoshino
- Dog Muku Muku
Credits
Direction
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Assistant Director Iwao Takahashi
- Assistant Director Akira Hibino
- Assistant Director Akira Morii
Production
- Production Company TV Man Union
- Executive Producer Yutaka Shigenobu
- Producer Naoe Gozu
- Location co-ordinator Takashi Sakurai
- Location co-ordinator Chikako Nakabayashi
- Location co-ordinator Motoki Ishida
Writing
- Script Yoshihisa Ogita
- Original Short Story Teru Miyamoto
Photography
- Photography Masao Nakabori
- Director of Photography (Additional) Isao Ishii
- Director of Photography (Additional) Akiko Ashizawa
- 2nd Unit Photographer Tsumeari Yamaki
- 2nd Unit Photographer Ichiro Suzuki
- Director of Lighting Fumio Maruyama
- Camera assistant Atsushi Kawabe
- Camera assistant Toru Yamamoto
- Camera assistant Tomotaka Hayakawa
- Lighting assistant Yasushi Kawasaki
- Lighting assistant Kunio Oshio
- Lighting assistant Mitsuo Kojima
- Lighting assistant Miyanobu Inori
Stills
- Stills Masao Okamura
- Stills Photography Kensho Saka
Special Effects
- Visual Effects Minoru Nakano
Editing
- Editor Tomoyo Oshima
- Assistant Editor Ryuji Miyajima
Design
- Art Director Kyoko Heya
- Assistant art director Masato Inatsuki
- Set Decorator Keiji Akatsuka
- Set decorating assistant Junko Nakajima
- Set decorating assistant Takayuki Sato
- Back-up set up Yoshiaki Fukuda
Costumes
- Costume Designer Michiko Kitamura
- Costume design assistant Junko Kobayashi
- Costume design assistant Sayuri Iizuka
Make-up
- Hair/Make-up Yukiko Nishio
Music
- Music Ch'en Ming-chang
Sound
- Sound Recording Masatoshi Yokomizo
- Sound Studio Personnel Tsutomu Asakura
- Sound Studio Personnel Jiro Miyazawa
- Sound Studio Personnel Rokuro Ôtani
- Sound recording assistant Hitoshi Tsurumaki
- Sound recording assistant Kenichi Fujimoto
- Sound recording assistant Shinji Watanabe
- Negative cutter Ryusuke Otsubo
- Sound Effects Hideo Sasaki
- Sound effects assistant Masahiko Okase
Consultant
- Colour timing Yoshitaka Mori
- Dialect coach Jyoko Ohara
- Translation Fumiko Osaka
- Translation Miwaka Ouchi