Kôji Fukada	...	(Director)
Kôji Fukada	...	(Writer)
Fumino Kimura	...
Kento Nagayama	...
Marika Yamakawa	...
Atom Sunada	...
Olivier Goinard	...	Composer
Sylvie Lager	...	Editor

Comments: Best thing I can say about this is it made me want to finally watch The Real Thing

Maybe because I watched it before breakfast? The film doesn't boil but it simmers. It's very low-key with a few stretchy plot-mover moments. Nothing explodes, but Fukada has a way of making you feel like something might

There's a cat, and Fukada shoots the neighborhoods in a way I haven't seen much of before

Bottom lines: I enjoyed spending time with Fumino Kimura's uber-understated character and I'm a sucker for the way she communicates with her ex-husband. His entrance is an explosive dud but then he becomes likable

I'm sorry

For leaving or for hitting me?

For everything

It really hurt



Summary: Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boys father, Park, back into her life, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and g...