One of my favorite films

Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2008)

This movie is one of my favorite films, - in my opinion, it is nearly perfect. (Maybe it IS perfect. I don't know.)And it should not be called a "movie about the conflict between humans and nature". Nobody calls a wedding - pie "some flour". - This is not a movie, but an event. I don't know if "silence" is shown in any other movie,like it is shown in that ancient wood. Watching the film, you f e e l this silence. - I also liked the details - the plants, for example! Or the stones getting wet when the rain starts to fall. It is one of those few movies which can change the people who watch it. You can enjoy being in a wood in a new way, after watching this film. - By the way - The "Emishi"- people really existed, and they were not the "Ainu". I heard, they lived in Hokkaido, too. Maybe they did not only ride on deers with funny tails, but also invented some of the excellent Japanese pumpkins??