Cinema in Retrospect: ‘Maborosi’
By Henry Skalbeck | September 20, 2023It is night. The girl is back on the bridge. She walks to where she last saw the old woman. She stands there, staring into the voided horizon.
It is night. The girl is back on the bridge. She walks to where she last saw the old woman. She stands there, staring into the voided horizon.
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