They went too far.

Rating: 4/10 (26 August 2008)

This has got to be the most depressing film I have EVER seen.
Films about Japanese survival after WWII are usually hit or miss. This was both.
The first half was spot on. Dealing with the bombers' aftermath and the death of friends and family can never be portrayed as good. The acceptance of a new life was mandatory.
But why did the producers insist on making these kids lives even more and more miserable as it went on? I almost prayed for both their deaths just to put them out of their misery. Couldn't SOMETHING go right for them?
Sad movie buffs and guilty liberals will eat this up. I couldn't take it anymore. Sad is one thing, but don't beat us up with it.