while i do not expect action and i do expect something more than a slide show of boring travel . i want to like this movie and i really do . but it be self conscious photography with nothing to recommend it except try to be something it couldn not . the character be poorly draw and despite watch one scene three time and i be unable to determine which woman be take off her clothes . the travel be monotonous and uneventful . i be not invest in the silk worm egg in any way and should have be . michael pitt be badly miscast and keira knightly have little weight in what could have be a great role . when a movie contain as much narration a this one do and the viewer should not be leave in the dark about important detail . there be trouble in japan . what kind of trouble . the japanese trader motif be unclear .