spoilersi saw hotaro no haka on german tv the other day and it have change my life . never have i be so move by a film in my whole life . i cried and cried and cry . since then i can not get this heartbreaking story out of my head . after the movie i go upstairs to the bedroom and where my 3 year old daughter be sleep . i wake her up and take her in my arm . in the way she talk and act she be just like setsuko and one of the main character in the film . and i can not help feel like seita and her brother because my daughter and i be alone since my wife leave u a few month ago . i find one of the most touching scene be the one where the die setsuko start suck the button she collect and because she run out of her special sweet . i will also never forget how her brother cremate her after have try everything to save his little sister . the most depressing thing with this movie be represent you feel so helpless . you think represent man and i wish i could have help those kid . this movie have change my whole attitude to life . all the problem you may have they become so small . watch it and you´ll be a different person . michael saunders .