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I was getting Orphan (2009) vibes from this film. The last quatre of the movie felt a bit flat but the rest of it was pretty interesting. I wasn't sure where things were heading for the most part and it's always a pleasure to watch Tanaka Kei. I feel like the writers should have made the father and daughter even more scary/psychotic, or taken more time to build up the mystery and potential for their craziness and how the step-mom got drawn into it. They could have done a lot more with examining the Dad's psychology, as well. I liked it overall. I don't think the ending fit quite as well as it could have had the writers taken the time to develop the step-mom and father's characters more. If they made this into a drama, I would definitely watch.

I really appreciate your replies! When I went back over the film with the understanding that he killed himself in the end it gave it a whole new deeper feeling, so thanks! I would have to agree with you that I think he died at the end. I was confused at first too by the girls saying he was missing, but everything considered he probably definitely killed himself. I knew that something didn't feel right when I thought that he just up and disappeared or left town or something, but I couldn't figure it out. I thought it was such a weird way to end the film. Now it makes total sense.

Yeah going back over the film I don't know how I didn't piece that together. I just took everything literally, but it's soooo obvious now. The part that really gives it away is the flashback scene at the end when they are eating and talking about what they will do as adults and Minha says 'you do that,' meaning he doesn't plan on doing those things because he's already decided to kill himself. I don't even think the film was that subtle in alluding to the suicide, I was just completely duh lol

Thank so much for your take on it! I never even thought of suicide! But that would make so much sense. I thought he just left him haha.

This was filmed in a very beautiful way. The fighting choreography was stunning (if not a little unbelievable at times), the cinematography was on fleek, and the acting from Sato Takeru was as gorgeous as ever. This is the only one I've seen of the whole series and I feel like I would have appreciated it more had I watched the originals first. I felt like there were some characters and scenes that would be more impactful or nostalgic or something. Great film though, I'll be checking out the other ones :)

As much as I agree with supporting the owners, it is pretty much unavoidable in this day and age of modern technology. I try my best to support people where I can but honestly with all the streaming services out there competing to get into your wallet, it's absolutely impossible and infeasible to pay for EVERYTHING you want to watch. When you create something and send it out into the universe, you are relinquishing some control over where it will end up. That's just the way the wind blows.

Videos are watermarked and companies like Gagaoolala who hold the rights to it have ways of tracking their videos down via the watermarking. So either way, it's a matter of time before any illegal redistributions/streams are tracked down and taken down. So, it doesn't really matter if someone posts the link. Depending on the companies voracity in hunting down illegal copies, it will be taken down sooner or later regardless of comments.

This is such a sweet movie! It shines a light on discrimination and shows that people with disabilities have a lot to offer if given the chance.

Okay so this might end up being a bit of a rant so bear with me. So the first frustrating thing that happened was when the coach made all the senior players quit the team because he didn't see any potential in them. Like, wth? What kind of message does that send people? He basically said give up on your dreams because no matter how hard you try it's not going to work. With enough training and support he could have turned some of those players around, for sure! So that was the first uninspiring thing that happened in this film and it just snowballed from there. Then we are introduced into poor Ota, the teams pitcher. The coach is acting like he's the only player on the team! making him carry the weight of their wins and losses on his shoulders alone. Dude, we get it, Ota is the ace, he's amazing, but there are 17+ other people on the team, yet the coach is beating the crap out of him because he has an elbow injury and can't pitch properly!?!? The writers didn't even try to tackle the psychological effects this type of abuse causes. Grrr, if this is based on real events I'm even more upset. And what was with the ending credits saying Ota overworked his elbow and couldn't pitch ever again? LOL wtf? What was this movie even trying to prove/do?

Okay, I know you have to sacrifice everything in order to be the best but this movie takes it way too far. The amount of violence the coach did against his players, especially poor Ota, is in no way shape or form acceptable. He was nothing but a bully and yet the writers of this movie tried to make it seem like he was just giving them tough love. I didn't feel inspired watching this. I felt frustrated that the writers were normalizing systematic abuse. I will say that the actors did a great job. The production quality and cinematography was great, as well. But I wouldn't recommend this film as it sends a very, very distorted message about physical abuse.

The plot felt quite rushed at times because it was only 44 minutes. Had they made it a full length they could have developed the characters a little more to give it a more well-rounded, professional feel. I felt a bit disconnected from all the sad things that happened to Light even though his part was acted so well because the plot was just a little too rushed. It was still a very good film, though. There was great camera work and some very beautifully shot scenes, especially towards the beginning.

Slight spoiler alert, I think?•••The ex-con who stays uninvited in the intellectually disabled couple's home behaves inapproriately at times with their daughter; like touching, staring, etc. If I remember correctly, I think there's only one scene towards the end that is hard to watch.

Really nice movie about subtle but impactful discrimination for disabled people. Liked this one a lot.

Asian Crush if it's available in your area

I liked this a lot. It had some slow parts in the plot but overall very good.

It's on Asian Crush atm. Pretty nice boxing film.

Not bad. Not super great, but interesting watch.

This was very chaotic with a lot of unnecessary yelling but good watch.

anywhere I can watch this?

Eng subbed link can be found on the community page of youtube channel Enasty Che. Scroll down a bit and you will find it called Attention Seeker.