I have a completely different view of this movie. Many people here focus on the girl and that he was 'saving' the girl. I see something that most probably won't agree with. What I saw, after watching more than half of the movie, was someone who is probably a serial killer, and also a child abuser. First, about half-way through the movie we find out he had a partner/spouse at one point, Later she mentioned they had a daughter, and her name was Fuyumi, probably the girl he was calling 'F', something he said he would never call her to her face, that right there is a form of abuse. Also he mentioned that the girl was probably fed only blood from a young age, how would he know that? He also regularly fed her blood, some of it animal, but we don't know if he used human blood or not at first. Then he kills two humans his ex and a random prostitute, we don't know if he killed more or not. And he kept her inside, and chained her up after she escaped once, It looks like he is being kind by buying her clothes and allowing her outside, as long as she was handcuffed to him, but that is just appearance. And at the end he cuts his tongue allegedly to feed the girl, I think it was a suicide attempt. (in Asian lore if you bite your tongue off you will bleed to death). I think this guy was not only a child abuser but a serial killer as well, And the movie is a look at how he sees the world. Still it is a decent movie, and worth a watch.
Review of Marebito
