Tabi no omosa

A teenage girl leaves home and goes on a pilgrimage to find herself.

There's really nothing wrong in any particular department of this Japanese "Journey of Natty Gann" - the acting, direction and photography are all perfectly competent - it's just very dull, uneventful and forgettable: if I left this review until tomorrow, I doubt I'd be able to remember any of it; the girl just wanders around and meets random people, but none of them seem to leave any lasting impact upon her, or at least any that is clearly conveyed to the audience. It all just seems fleeting and pointless.

The film it is most like is probably Agnes Varda's "Vagabond" (1985), but it's far less compelling and meaningful, with no life-or-death moments to give it any weight.