this movie be in a class by itself . it be it by turn funny and frighteningly violent . it remind me a bit of gilbert grape and since it be a about a man who lovingly care for his retarded young brother . the retarded brother rud look a bit like a troll . he be repulsive at first and gradually he grow on you a you realise he be not dangerous . the pace in very slow and like a sunday afternoon picnic in the danish countryside . counterpose to this be the frantic life of a prostitute try to get away from her pervert and violent client and and the way the hooker band together for mutual protection . one of the charm theme be the way rud win over the obnoxious young brother of the prostitute and and in a way tame him . the title mifune come from a game the brother play and with the old one pretending to be a terrifying samurai who live in the basement . the pace can be maddenly slow and somewhat like the unbearable lightness of be and with nothing much happening and just like real life and then pounce some momentous event land out of the blue .