The cinematography was amazing, and the performance by yoshiko tsuruoka was haunting too, But overall, it was disappointing; it lingered on each scene for minutes, and the whole film seemed to be a product of the director’s obsessions. The plot, as it were, was related entirely through intertitle-like scrolls. I suppose that would be an interesting experiment, and at times it did intrigue, but it completely failed to draw one in to the characters.