The movie consists of about 3 parts, but only the last part and the first 15 minutes are really watchable.
In fact, the whole movie can stand on its own if they had only kept that.
It's the old theme of a story with many different misinterpreted perspectives (and finally the true events) which unfold in a fashion where we witness the events again and again from new perspectives, where the misinterpreted perspectives in the end have crucial consequences for the innocent.
The movie did have some quirky or interesting scenes about Japanese culture and landscapes, but the school parent/teacher drama in the middle of the movie was excruciatingly boring.
I understand the purpose of the movie, and I did like the ending (which by the removed fence implies that they died), but the movie-making abilities fell short of the vision.
In fact, the whole movie can stand on its own if they had only kept that.
It's the old theme of a story with many different misinterpreted perspectives (and finally the true events) which unfold in a fashion where we witness the events again and again from new perspectives, where the misinterpreted perspectives in the end have crucial consequences for the innocent.
The movie did have some quirky or interesting scenes about Japanese culture and landscapes, but the school parent/teacher drama in the middle of the movie was excruciatingly boring.
I understand the purpose of the movie, and I did like the ending (which by the removed fence implies that they died), but the movie-making abilities fell short of the vision.