The film borrows part of story from Yasunari Kawabata's novel The Dancing Girl of Izu, and reveals it at the beginning of the movie. However, as the elaborately crafted mystery stories was added, tension and thrill were added also, and personally, I feel that this movie has become a splindid movie beyond the original.
While Izu's dancers drew pure love for an innocent object that is difficult to exist in the world now, this film, on the other hand, portrays the protagonist's one-sided feelings toward a corrupted woman who is far from innocent. It is more realistic and easier to empathize with.
For some of the men in childhood, the first feeling of the first love is not just pink. The feelings of flame is not only love but also mixed by complex, frustration, resentment, or hatred. This film expresses such complex emotional moments in a really dramatic way. The editing of short breaths was also really good. There are no wasteful parts that needlessly sag.
It was a hidden gem, and The only sad thing is that I can't get another film of this director.
While Izu's dancers drew pure love for an innocent object that is difficult to exist in the world now, this film, on the other hand, portrays the protagonist's one-sided feelings toward a corrupted woman who is far from innocent. It is more realistic and easier to empathize with.
For some of the men in childhood, the first feeling of the first love is not just pink. The feelings of flame is not only love but also mixed by complex, frustration, resentment, or hatred. This film expresses such complex emotional moments in a really dramatic way. The editing of short breaths was also really good. There are no wasteful parts that needlessly sag.
It was a hidden gem, and The only sad thing is that I can't get another film of this director.
