Maboroshi

Here's a film that's going to need a lot of explaining to your non-anime friends. A boy in a frozen town tries to make sense of things when reality starts to fracture. It hits some familiar notes along the way.

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Mari Okada directed Maboroshi in 2023. See Mari Okada's full filmography, where to start with Mari Okada, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mari Okada.

Maboroshi was released in 2023 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.