![]() As difficult as it is to watch, turn off the phone, dim the lights, and immerse yourself in the film with ones you love - you will be a better person for it in the end. I've made the comment to my friends that if you ever see someone who isn't moved (usually to tears) by this movie, you've found someone without a soul. Seeing a movie like this really changes attitudes about war - about who really suffers, and that the honor and glory is shallow comfort when you contemplate what has been lost in the struggle. It would've seemed almost disrespectful to profane the silence with words. At the end of the movie, there was silence, absolute and total silence in the theater - and then, only an occasional sniffle until the end credits had finished rolling and the house lights came up. It was truly the high-point of my film festival excursions. ![]() I had the fortune of being able to see Hotaru no Haka on the big-screen in Seattle a couple of years ago. ![]()
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