kainwalker

So, it arrived in theaters yesterday and I finally got to watch it. To put it shortly I got to say I think the movie was very entertaining, at the same time I feel like the story is nothing new.

It seems like with Shinkai is kind of a given (great visuals, not amazing plot) and this movie does not surprise us on that matter.

If I have to rank the movies I've seen from him I'll still put it behind Garden of words (which I love irrationally) and Your name but ahead of Weathering with you that isn't my favorite.

I would still totally recommend it because it's a very enjoyable movie, the story takes us across a good portion of Japan and the different locations and characters we met are very interesting and nicely portrayed. Go watch it in theaters if you can!

So Won (aka Hope also aka Wish) is a movie about a terrible event (the rape by a drunkard of a 9 yo girl) that shatters a family. It unravels slowly showing at first the parents (the father in particular case) who seem somehow too busy to take care of their daughter, then the tragedy happens, this part is not too graphic (thank God) but we are made aware that the poor girl will bear physical consequences for the rest of her life. Then there's the trial, and the need of money, and the shame for being at the center of attention. I was afraid this movie was going to be somehow a classic tearjerker describing the struggle of the family with money, work, slow/inefficient justice and so on. But the second half of the movie was about the father trying to get close to his daughter. And I think it was moving, and delicate at the same time.

The acting is very good. The food mascots costumes cuteness level was really over the top. Overall (as the rating suggests) I liked this movie, it was touching.