watched for Mohsen‘s Seminar. Rural v.s. urban; trains; vernacular Japanese houses; oku; Westernization and its different speed with men v.s. women; industrialization v.s. tradition; kindness v.s. selfishness, etc. Layers of space; layers of emotions;
Let's be honest for a second : I don't think that I understood what the movie was about. I had a fragile grasp of most of the scenes, but adding them up doesn't make much sense to me. I did enjoy the poetry and the contemplative scenes though. I absolutely have to watch it again.