In Japanese. 121 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … slow at first, all of the revelation happens in the last 30 minutes or so, and it turns around everything that came before … I liked it in the end and can see why it won the Palme d’Or, although it did indulge the fantasy that these people living on the margins are truly happy, much happier than any conformist squares, which is nonsense of course. Sakuro Ando is beautiful and gave the most impressive performance, I thought. This is a winner, a green-go.

But sometimes, it's better to choose your own family.