User reviews

Every success have a reason behind, this movie showing how a perfect doll is produced. I seldom watch Japanese movie but think this one quite catch my eye, little slow but the storyline is interesting and very humanized.

This movie definitely takes its time. I don't mind that at all. And if you like slow movies, this is definitely worth a watch.

It starts out as a comedy but just when I started to think that it would be a bit too crude or too simplistic to be funny for the whole movie, the movie turns more serious.

The chemistry between the characters, the main characters but also the side characters is great.

The story is basically about a relationship, between Ketsuo and Sokono, and they both turn out to not being open with each other. About what and why Ketsuo is not will be obvious from the beginning, but what is she not telling him?

I don't really get why so many people did not really care for this movie and gave it such low ratings. I enjoyed it and watched it in one go.

I mean, is it a movie that will rock your world? No. If that is the only reason to like a movie, don't watch this. But if you like slow movies like I do, and if you like movies that are a mix of funny and serious, then seriously give this a go.

This film is personal, a film by a woman that will certainly resonate with women everywhere & it feels real. It's not the grey sludge formula of Hollywood, all fast edits & flashy cliches, pre-digested junk food, that leave one feeling none the better. On the contrary, this is observational & all the better & both fun, funny, more intense, haunting & meaningful for that. It will stay with you for a long time afterward.

The writer & director, crafted a beautiful, often poetic, comedic tragedy (with the sting removed so that the real pathos is clear but never lachrymose) about love, sex & relationships.

The film takes a wry, nonjudgmental & warm look at the frailties that love brings & how women are loved but often nonchalantly (by those who one day may know better, with a few nudges along the way, as this film supplies). If your man takes you for granted, watch this with him.

The tone is tender, sharp, clever & everyone is sensitively, insightfully portrayed, beautifully drawn, even when short hand is necessary. Yuki is a great auteur whose future work I can't wait to see. The actors are also really impressive, & the lead role of Tasuo is so well portrayed, one flick of his eyes & one sees his soul. Brava Yuki Tanada. Brava.