![]() ![]() The character of Reiko is also played by an actress much younger than the character in the book, but the part hasn't been changed accordingly. The casting is also uneven - Rinko Kikuchi is a marvelous actress, but is simply too old to play a convincing 20 year old. Oddly for Tran, a director who has been extremely minimalist in the past, some scenes are far too overwrought, not helped by the intrusive and anachronistic score. The voice-over is poorly structured, seemingly aimed at filling in narrative gaps rather than giving us the older narrators overview. The flow of the film is oddly disjointed at times - while the book is very much written from the perspective of an older, wiser man looking back at his immature youth, the film seems unsure of its own perspective. There are wonderful scenes and great acting, and the cinematography is beautiful. Just not the great film I'd hoped it would be. ![]() While its not my favorite of his books, I'm a big Haruki Murakami fan, and I love Anh Hung Tran's earlier films - I thought this was potentially a match made in heaven. Its hard to review a film like this when you've been looking forward to it so much. ![]()
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