Seriously this film just takes you in dark corners and just shakes you. The way it's shot, a mix of surreal and extremely realistic. So when things happen you see something raw and poetic but also interspersed with a kind of fantasy. I did have trouble getting into it in the beginning because the main actress felt a bit boring and wasn't expressing herself as well, or maybe it was the coldness of her character that gets to you-- regardless I was into within a few minutes. But also a shout out to the actors who played Watanabe and Mizuki, i really enjoyed their performance. It's a famous dark film so I finally watched it and was surprised to see Okada! his role is not major but important to the set up. But really this film is a work of art.