I loved this film, and have watched it a number of times over the years. I don’t want to give anything away if you haven’t seen the film yet, but generally, this film beautifully captures the sense of mono no aware, the pathos of impermanence. I suspect everyone knew someone like Shizuru when they were freshman in college (at least if they were lucky they did). How many times over the course of your life will you return to those memories? The only thing I found a little difficult to believe was that Makoto fell for Miyuki initially. Seriously, I would have been hopelessly smitten from the first time I met Shizuru at the crosswalk. ??
