At first I thought that this was a bad movie as the dialogue was so stilted. Then it occurred to me that neither actor is acting in their first language. It all fits. Once you get that into your head, Karakara starts to grow on you. The photography is spectacular - Okinawa is one of those forgotten spots on earth. Fortunately, no traces of the battles of WW2 intrude into the beauty of the place.
Just a few quibbles. Karakara moves slowly as an Asian romance should yet Yuki kudo's character falls into bed too easily with Gabriel Arcand. An old guy's fantasy. The other quibble is with the subtitles. The version I saw on Netflix had no English translation of the all-Japanese dialogue. Some of it was obvious but would have loved to have a translation of Yuki Kudo's tryst with the "gai-jin".
Overall recommended
Just a few quibbles. Karakara moves slowly as an Asian romance should yet Yuki kudo's character falls into bed too easily with Gabriel Arcand. An old guy's fantasy. The other quibble is with the subtitles. The version I saw on Netflix had no English translation of the all-Japanese dialogue. Some of it was obvious but would have loved to have a translation of Yuki Kudo's tryst with the "gai-jin".
Overall recommended