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Release: August 10, 2021

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If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be? That’s the question at the heart of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s revelatory international breakthrough, a bittersweet fantasia in which the recently deceased find themselves in a limbo realm where they must select a single cherished moment from their life to be recreated on film for them to take into the next world. After Life’s high-concept premise is grounded in Kore‑eda’s documentary-like approach to the material, which he shaped through interviews with hundreds of Japanese citizens. What emerges is a panoramic vision of the human experience—its ephemeral joys and lingering regrets—and a quietly profound meditation on memory, our interconnectedness, and the amberlike power of cinema to freeze time. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 2K restoration, approved by writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary featuring film scholar Linda Ehrlich New interviews with Kore-eda, stills photographer–cinematographer Masayoshi Sukita, and cinematographer Yutaka Yamazaki Deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen

Release: July 20, 2020

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Maborosi (Blu-ray) Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Yumiko is troubled by the notion that she brings death to people close to her. Following the loss of her grandmother and husband, she remarries and begins to find happiness anew. But on a return to her old home for her brother's wedding, a flood of troubling memories begins to haunt her. The debut fiction feature from the Palme d'Or-winning director of Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda, Maborosi is an exquisite meditation on uncertainty and coming to terms with the past, which garnered awards at the Venice Film Festival and brought both the director and cinematographer Masao Nakabori to international stardom Special features Birthplace (2003, 30 mins): Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the locations of Maborosi in this short film featuring behind-the-scenes stills and onset footage Audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp (2019) Re-issue trailer (2019): produced for the BFI's 2019 re-release of Maborosi Flesh and Blood Trailer (2019): specially produced for the BFI Southbank retrospective of the cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda