i be really keen on see this film and now that i have i be totally disappointed . the director of this movie be so ambitious to give the viewer a movie of epic proportion that he have just forget to put a story into it . kitano do his best to give his two dimensional role of the rapist or husband some depth and the other actor be all very good and the cinematography have the charm of photograph of the past but there be no possibility to actually care for any of the character . the movie be such a bric a braque that you would not even learn anything at all about it narrator and kitanos son masao . i have no problem with movie this violent but when you do not suppose to feel anything for the victim it be a waste of time and and for 144 min . a very long one . in my eye yoichi sai be a bad director because he hasn not put his heart into something that could have be a fascinating movie .