Patient, chilly, and deceptively simple, it lets silence do most of the talking, then slips the knife in with its ideas about nature, community, and responsibility. It can feel almost too restrained at times, like it’s daring you to lean in harder, but when it lands, it really lands. Not an easy watch, but a haunting one that sticks around longer than you expect. 🌲

Cinematography and scores are beautiful. There is good commentary on humanity vs nature, caring for one another, duty to ones community and future generations. The ending was very unclear as to what was happening and I can't think of a good reason as to why it happened the way it did. Other than the ending, it would have been a 7/10.

The script is interesting, but the plot gets somehow buried in the slowness of the film, which is not even that long. It is an open question why Japanese inner villages and mountain communities are always so empty and sad.

It's normal to meet a cool guy and then ask to shadow him so you can be more like him, right? Blu ray Extras Watched: Trailer, Meet the Filmmakers

Like glamping, it's overly arty way to say not a lot.