Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni

I did watch this movie as part of the Berlin International Film Festival this February, but even after a few months, it is hard to process what I watched. Even harder to write something coherent about it. The loss of a person and what effect it has to those stricken by his death are devastating. In this case this is not all we get to see. There are more factors to be considered.

Acting-wise this is great, but the pace it is moving, will surely appall a lot of people. In my mind this is more than underrated, but I guess it's in the eye of the Beholder as always. The director has the sense of how to deal with feelings and how to show things, with and without using dialog. The ending is another topic that one could write a lot of things about. I think it's a perfect fit for the movie, but of course even that may be too much for some.