Title: It's really a five star movie, but...
Review: I wanted everyone reading the one stars to know this little tidbit.Nosaka wrote the novel this movie is based on to appologize to his sister - the little boy is him, and the little girl was his sister in real life. It's not dead-on a autobiography, but his little sister did die of malnutrition, and Nosaka blames himself, and wrote the book to help cope with the pain he still felt years later. So, the character Seita may not be tolerable, but that is the point. It's not poor writing... It's just the sad fact that something could have been done and was not.Also... It may not scream "We're sorry! Love, Japan!" but this movie is at heart an anti-war movie, and the message isn't really "I'm sorry" but more like, "All of us should know better now to never let this happen again." And that, in my opinion, is pretty much just as good.Great movie, it really is a must see.
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