I'm not sure what to think of this movie. On the one hand I found it fascinating and intense whereas moments later I found it long winded and hard to follow.
What baffled me most was how easy Rei was convinced to killing Nanae's husband. Apparently they hadn't seen or spoken to each other in 10 years, but one phone call and a brief meeting are enough for Rei to throw away her complete (and what seemed) bright future.
She easily leaves her partner with whom she was for many years only to run away with the love of her life who doesn't even remotely have the same feelings. On the contrary it feels as if Nanae just abuses Rei's feelings for her own good to get rid of her husband without making her hands dirty herself.
Only towards the end they seem to 'find each other'. Did Nanae discover lesbian feelings she hadn't had before or was Nanae a lesbian who got married to a man because of social pressure? I might have missed this, but I still feel Rei was sort of tricked in this situation because it was so easy to make use of her blind feelings for Nanae.
What baffled me also was how far Rei went to seduce this abusive husband. Why would she give this man oral pleasure and even lose her virginity with him? Would a lesbian woman not be heavily aversed to this? Was it really necessary to go this far to get a chance to stab this man?
Why did Rei have sex with the taxi driver? I really didn't get this scene. Why would a lesbian woman do this?
I was grabbed by some of the intense scenes were both Rei and Nanae talk about ending their lives or even killing one another. It created some fear with me to see a shocking ending of the movie, but then moments or even seconds later they laugh out loud and shortly after they can be seen sitting at the porch with a setting sun and caressing each other as if their deathwishes have suddenly disappeared. Possibly I am seeking too much behind all this but it left me confused.
All in all I'm still not sure whether to recommend this movie or not. It is a fascinating topic but the movie seems to be all over the place and too many scenes don't make sense to me.
What baffled me most was how easy Rei was convinced to killing Nanae's husband. Apparently they hadn't seen or spoken to each other in 10 years, but one phone call and a brief meeting are enough for Rei to throw away her complete (and what seemed) bright future.
She easily leaves her partner with whom she was for many years only to run away with the love of her life who doesn't even remotely have the same feelings. On the contrary it feels as if Nanae just abuses Rei's feelings for her own good to get rid of her husband without making her hands dirty herself.
Only towards the end they seem to 'find each other'. Did Nanae discover lesbian feelings she hadn't had before or was Nanae a lesbian who got married to a man because of social pressure? I might have missed this, but I still feel Rei was sort of tricked in this situation because it was so easy to make use of her blind feelings for Nanae.
What baffled me also was how far Rei went to seduce this abusive husband. Why would she give this man oral pleasure and even lose her virginity with him? Would a lesbian woman not be heavily aversed to this? Was it really necessary to go this far to get a chance to stab this man?
Why did Rei have sex with the taxi driver? I really didn't get this scene. Why would a lesbian woman do this?
I was grabbed by some of the intense scenes were both Rei and Nanae talk about ending their lives or even killing one another. It created some fear with me to see a shocking ending of the movie, but then moments or even seconds later they laugh out loud and shortly after they can be seen sitting at the porch with a setting sun and caressing each other as if their deathwishes have suddenly disappeared. Possibly I am seeking too much behind all this but it left me confused.
All in all I'm still not sure whether to recommend this movie or not. It is a fascinating topic but the movie seems to be all over the place and too many scenes don't make sense to me.