A Love Story of a Kind...

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2010)

This movie is probably one of the best, saddest movies I've ever seen. I had been warned to get the tissue box out, but in all honesty, I didn't find the movie that sad or depressing. I mean, I cried a couple of times, and it's quite hard NOT to cry at times, but I was so worried it would be too much for me when it wasn't. Like, I can tell you that I'm known to cry at the drop of a hat, but I was expecting me to forever be depressed by the film, which kind of scared me at first!
Before watching this movie, I had read a review which mentioned that the opening 5 minutes were the saddest of the whole film. Now, when you're watching it for the first time, you kind of wonder how you can say that, as you don't really understand what's happening yet. But because this movie was SOOO good, I had to watch it a second time, and when I re-watched the start, I realised how sad it was.
But this movie was so touching for me because Seita cared so much for his sister, and was willing to sacrifice everything for her. It's a love story of a kind and I completely felt for the 2 orphans after their parents passed and their aunty was so harsh to them. The thing that mad my cry out loud (and will probably make me cry every time I think about it) was at the end after Setsuko had died, and there were all the flashbacks of her. That was truly depressing.
All in all, this is probably the best love story I've seen, and I would be happy to watch it over and over again on a rainy day.