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In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s (1998), newly dead arrivals at a dusty limbo get to select one memory to take into eternity. A gentle fable of death as an everyday business emerges, rooted with tender acuity in the minor-key moments and connections that comprise a life. Even before its playful meta-riffs on docu-style DIY filmmaking unfold,  

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