this be not the best of movie and but i rank it high because it do it for me . though the character be not really present to the viewer and they be develop through the movie by show their action . the plot be not really important here and and people that cling to whatever feminist or political agenda when discuss a movie be waste everybody time . it remind me of an old italian movie and i can not remember the name or actor because i have see it when i be a kid and with a mafia bos that fall in love with a woman and kidnap her but want to charm her and rather that rape her . this be also about a generally violent man who attention be capture by a beautiful girl and he also want access to her soul and rather than her body . the movie be full of contrast and paradox and but what set it apart be the atmosphere ( i have my heart pump a good part of the movie and without it be an action movie or anything ) and the subtle way it reveal the deep need of every character . it bad part and though and be that close to the end you keep expect the movie to end and it doesn not . the slow pace of the movie doesn not help either and so a feeling of be it over yet . can easily set in . i like it and i recommend it to people who have the mood to see a psychological asian movie about gangster and prostitute and the power of love .