A tribute, more than anything

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2014)

I feel that Hotaru No Haka is not a movie that tries to promote a message or has an agenda of any sort. This movie is a tribute to those that went through the hardship, who faced the immense brutality of war and endured the inconceivable dreadful helplessness.
It is a poem of sorts, a detached and serene tale spoken to the universe. It exists in its time and space, like a bubble of emotion, floating in its reality without trying to involve you.
But it's deeply involving, mind tearing, heart hollowing. Once you're in that bubble, your world breaks! You attach yourself to its reality and then simply die with it.
There's no easy way to explain why we do this to each other and the horrible disheartening truth is–that's life.
There's also a word of caution: though each and every single one of you must watch it, I actually fell physically ill for three days after I watched it. I never watched it since, but keep returning to read about it sometimes.