Mirror of the Bride

Overview

In the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan, the director Yuki Kawamura's grandmother gets placed into a retirement home. For various reasons, none of her children can or want to welcome her into their own house, but some of them come to visit her at the nursing home. Little by little we get to discover the complexity of this family through interviews and family reunions. And as life goes on, with its share of weddings and births, the grandmother faces the end of her life, giving us the opportunity to reflect upon death and the relationship between a mother and her children.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 25, 2013

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Director

Yuki Kawamura

Producer

Yuki Kawamura

Cinematography

Yuki Kawamura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2323058