Worse than I expected

Rating: 3/10 (24 August 1999)

This is definitely the worst Ghibli-movie yet, Takahata is certainly no storyteller, he should leave the script to others like in the excellent 'Omoide poroporo'. I feel repulsed at Seita's stupidity and arrogance and how Setsuko gets to suffer from that, and how Takahata tries to force us to feel sorry for him. The "I'll manage my own even if times are rough"-attitude just doesn't work at wartime.