Engaging movie with dark humor, good music, bit of violence n many fun scenes but without any depth ,meaning n explanation unlike in Blue Spring or 9 souls ,these two movies have clear objective. Whereas this one has loose plot n we dnt know about the background of the psychopath which i wanted to know. Although this was made first i would suggest to watch the two movies mentioned above before watching this to know more about the director's way.
Although i like it I get why some people find it boring . All the dialogue seems like off the book, i mean not just one but all the characters are too good to be real, break ups n making up n everything looks so unreal, all the characters are so mature n how things go smoothly feels so fake. I mean they feel emotionless few times especially if u compare it to other Jdramas.
Where Woman in the Dunes was about geography n biology this movie was about biology n psychology.Both smartass plots .
Plastic surgery already existed at that time.I like the details of inner conflicts of the characters n the interaction between doctor n MC ,with few symbolism n metaphor which we have to interpret so i got lost in some scenes like why was everyone so scared of doctors wife n what's with that so long hair at the door , implying ghost or something.Then character turning into animal, metaphors used were not executed properly. Watchable
Wrongfully accused character with a bit of social commentary n good music.
If anyone is guessing if he really did it ,u can see in the first scene that it's a woman who did it ,blaming it on outsider n also raikan fingers are still intact .
Just a movie about sweet loving villagers who provide u with food n send u back home if u r lost, such nice people lol. Watched it on YouTube n people wrote wonderful comments about this movie i learned alot. The movie is a whole package about horror ,psychology n survival with amazing music. A must watch for all even if u r not a movie lover.
Slow pace is not an issue with this movie, cinematography n ambience were beautiful, the slow moments n lack of dialogues reminded me of maborosi but i dint connect with characters n feel their emotions.
Screenwriter n director, they both are two of my favorites so i was expecting a good movie n i wasn't at all disappointed. Acting, interaction between characters, that weirdness that old jmovies used to have , ambience n plot made me connect to this movie so i loved it.
Seems like sakie is the one who killed him n misumi brought him out but it cud be possible that Sakie alone is a murderer. Misumi said he killed him then ran to get gasoline from the factory , there's no way he will run to factory wearing the blooded clothes with blood all over his face without anyone's notice . There's also a possibility of pre planned murder, that he brought gasoline with himself. Maybe he thought if he said it wasn't intentional he would get away with death penalty but sakie is 100% involved in the murder. She is the canary bird which got freedom, maybe it was all Misumi n he set the stage alone to confuse the lawyer n to get death penalty in the end, high possibility for that. If misumi wanted wanted to take blame for sakie then why did he accuse wife n why say it wasn't intentional then again he took the wallet to solidify his death sentence, maybe he knew so much about law bcz it was his second crime. In his first crime also he kept changing statements where he had no one to save, so i won't say he did that to get the death sentence n then lawyer in the end said "are u a tool"? Which indicates lawyer has doubts himself. In conclusion i would say it's a tough nut to crack lol but i found it interesting, maybe things r more clear on second watch but i hardly rewatch anything. I like how people interpreted in comments below. That's what is good about movie, no way it was boring just bcz it's slow.
I'd suggest to watch n decide on your own bcz comments here r negative.
The movie is slow paced like most of the Jmovies it's not uncommon,the build up n mystery is really good that will give u a lot of scope to interpret n think. Worth watching if u r patient enough to go through endless but meaningful conversation.
Bleak, dark n intense plot with flawed characters. This isn't a regular samurai movie. Gore was there but action scenes were bad with shaky camera which i dnt like. Yu Aoi looks cute in this. Overall a good movie.
Lol synopsis is correct.But actually she does a lot of things instead of just sitting around.Totally relevant with the phenomenon going on today that's hikikomori. Enjoyable sweet little film.Many ways to interpret the story, lucky to find it on YouTube.
Although this was made first i would suggest to watch the two movies mentioned above before watching this to know more about the director's way.
Plastic surgery already existed at that time.I like the details of inner conflicts of the characters n the interaction between doctor n MC ,with few symbolism n metaphor which we have to interpret so i got lost in some scenes like why was everyone so scared of doctors wife n what's with that so long hair at the door , implying ghost or something.Then character turning into animal, metaphors used were not executed properly. Watchable
Watched it on YouTube n people wrote wonderful comments about this movie i learned alot.
The movie is a whole package about horror ,psychology n survival with amazing music. A must watch for all even if u r not a movie lover.
Weird movie filled with flawed n perverted characters . Not that good but watchable.
Acting, interaction between characters, that weirdness that old jmovies used to have , ambience n plot made me connect to this movie so i loved it.
If misumi wanted wanted to take blame for sakie then why did he accuse wife n why say it wasn't intentional then again he took the wallet to solidify his death sentence, maybe he knew so much about law bcz it was his second crime.
In his first crime also he kept changing statements where he had no one to save, so i won't say he did that to get the death sentence n then lawyer in the end said "are u a tool"? Which indicates lawyer has doubts himself.
In conclusion i would say it's a tough nut to crack lol but i found it interesting, maybe things r more clear on second watch but i hardly rewatch anything. I like how people interpreted in comments below.
That's what is good about movie, no way it was boring just bcz it's slow.
The movie is slow paced like most of the Jmovies it's not uncommon,the build up n mystery is really good that will give u a lot of scope to interpret n think. Worth watching if u r patient enough to go through endless but meaningful conversation.
Gore was there but action scenes were bad with shaky camera which i dnt like.
Yu Aoi looks cute in this.
Overall a good movie.
Enjoyable sweet little film.Many ways to interpret the story, lucky to find it on YouTube.