Title: Rediscover the Magic of childhood
Review: I first saw this movie before I had children (In Japanese, no less, with someone translating on the fly), and I knew I would have to get it for my children someday. My two daughters (now 4 and 8) absolutely adore it. It harkens back to an earlier era, before children were battered with the sound bytes and fast pace of TV, when a child might laze away a sunny afternoon and perhaps discover the hidden magic in the world around them. It touches beautifully, profoundly and sincerely on the themes of family togetherness in the face of everyday events in a rural area, troubles (the mother's illness), and a connectedness with the spirits of nature. Adult reviewers raised on TV instead of books may be too jaded to appreciate its seeming leasure, but its magic unfolds at at a pace just perfect for the understanding of one who can still see with the eyes of a child.
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