A heartfelt, bittersweet and deeply moving on a personal level for many watchers, this is a beautifully filmed, told and acted story of acceptance, love and family bonding.
Highly recommended.

With a great cast and the distinguished, visually extravagant style of Nakashima Tetsuya, this is a peculiar horror film with many different sub-genres involved.
Too long for its own good, difficult to follow -especially during the second half- and with more questions than answers given, it's definitely not as good as Tetsuya's other works, but still is a challenging, dark, savage and haunting watching experience.

A slow-paced, slow-burn melodrama, full of loneliness, sadness, angst, anger and regrets, but also flooded with love, compassion, respect, forgiveness and healing.
Beautifully written, meticulously filmed and exemplary acted -though sometimes it felt like trying too hard to be mellow and poetic- this was a refreshingly non cliché story and a heavy but rewarding emotional ride.