SnowRegret:
Well, I don't get why you wrote "about a pedophile" if you don't think the guy's a pedophile.
And this movie certainly did not portray Japan as being "too lenient" regarding pedophilia. The culture and the law crucified this guy endlessly for something he never did. For something the alleged victim confirmed over and over he did not do. How is this "too lenient?" Or are you saying the film is not an accurate representation of this problem in Japan?
I wonder if other's are all misunderstanding what I wrote as much as you.
Didn't you noticed that I wrote "about a pedophile" between quotation marks? I was hinting that I was not really saying what I was typing, I didn't want to give direct clear spoilers. That's why I mentioned the other movie, The Hunt. That one is also a story "about a pedophile".. wink, wink, get it?
About the "too lenient", I was not talking about the movie, I was talking "in Japan".