I desire everyone to watch it specially if you are Japanese.
It was good as a family film and a teenager film. I couldn't stop my tears several times.
The difference of what she did in front of mirror in the beginning and the last cut was so beautiful and hopeful.
The tree reminded me 'Leon: The Professional' a bit in the end.
The way of using red on the main character's hand.
The way of shooting was natural as Hirokazu Koreeda does which was beautiful. I could felt everything from the screen even smell, tastes of the foods, temperature and so on.
Acting was also great. The way of the father talks, character of Sota who's shy and kind, the boss of the convenience store, Sota's mother and so on. Everyone acted naturally and was great. Specially Lina Arashi who acted Sarya the main character. A lot of small uncomfortableness comes over her such as discrimination, micro aggression, unreasonable laws, her sister fitting to Japan, Kurds community and so on. I was really scared that if she was broken. I just wished good life for her.
The music by Roth Bart Baron matched the film and was really good. It was soft and kind but also cool and sometimes ugly.
Cloths were so cute too.
I have been to the other country as an 'alian' and have been to a small room for suspicious people and I know that it is hopeless and scary. Those experiences made me really sensitive to this film.
I could say Japan is still fine if you can make this kind of films but not only that. I shame my selfishness that I didn't vote two Japanese elections last one year. Even I wasn't in Japan and the procedures are complicated, I could have done it because I had the right. There are people in Japan who are trying to live there.
I didn't even know about Kurds at all till I knew this film.
Micro aggression is happening everywhere for everyone. People doing it, don't realise and they sometimes think it as kindness rather than harming. Luckily I think I have never got it but it was so much painful for me.
There are more problems in this film but what I can write about is this.
This film was painful and tough but really beautiful.
