The movie as a whole has the feeling of Noh drama, an audio-visual feast.
The images of the housekeeper, the mayor, the adopted son, and the hacker are all very facial expressions. With the prologue and rhythmic drum beats, and then seeing the faces of the characters, I think of Noh masks every minute.
The tone of the film is relatively depressing, and people watching the power politics passed down from generation to generation are very uncomfortable.
Finally, I don't understand why the Japanese translation is not given. The reason "I want the audience to watch the movie from a dog's point of view" is not convincing to me. In some places, people who don't understand Japanese really miss it directly, which misleads the audience's understanding of the film, which is the biggest flaw of the film.
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