Romansu dôru

This film is personal, a film by a woman that will certainly resonate with women everywhere & it feels real. It's not the grey sludge formula of Hollywood, all fast edits & flashy cliches, pre-digested junk food, that leave one feeling none the better. On the contrary, this is observational & all the better & both fun, funny, more intense, haunting & meaningful for that. It will stay with you for a long time afterward.

The writer & director, crafted a beautiful, often poetic, comedic tragedy (with the sting removed so that the real pathos is clear but never lachrymose) about love, sex & relationships.

The film takes a wry, nonjudgmental & warm look at the frailties that love brings & how women are loved but often nonchalantly (by those who one day may know better, with a few nudges along the way, as this film supplies). If your man takes you for granted, watch this with him.

The tone is tender, sharp, clever & everyone is sensitively, insightfully portrayed, beautifully drawn, even when short hand is necessary. Yuki is a great auteur whose future work I can't wait to see. The actors are also really impressive, & the lead role of Tasuo is so well portrayed, one flick of his eyes & one sees his soul. Brava Yuki Tanada. Brava.