Review of Ima, ai ni yukimasu

While I gave 'Nobody Knows' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/ a perfect 10, I give this 6 because it tries too much too be sentimental and manipulate audience. Nobody Know was one of the saddest movies while the movie dose not too much tries to manipulate situations and characters. It just tells the story flat-out. And what a sad story!!! This flick just tries too much. And it show. Seeing thru director's intention while watching a movie is not a good thing. Maybe young girls may fall it, thanks heaven, not me! Like all other Japanese films, it's long movie, sometime painfully. Is there a law in Japan that Japanese films have to be long???