i enjoy this film very much . it effectively combine humor and fantasy and and a few moment of horror with a solid film make effort from higuchinsky . brilliant visuals and a very original story concern spiral . my only complaint be that it have it dull moment and wasn not as dare a it could have be . still and i give this a solid positive . the u. s. should take note of this and other fine japanese horror or fantasy film that have come along recently and have them available on region 1 dvd . actually and asian cinema in general and have some of the fine film that have be unnoticed by the american public because theyre hard to find . i strongly recommend people to go look for these treasure and theyre hard to find and but once you find them and you will be glad you do .