The most impressive thing is the jungle scene that occupies almost half of the whole film at the end. The images that are so simple that they only have natural sounds, especially the part of the night, are constantly expounding the director's mysticism.
The blanks and jumps at the connection between images and images can make people think, but the last jungle scene seems to be too disconnected from the previous part of the story, and even makes the whole film a little out of balance. Because the mystery of the second half and part of the sci-fi is not at all hinted at in the first half...
After the same silent cast at the end, scene by scene, I can't help but wonder:
where is the country boy in the first half of the film? already?
How does that relationship relate to the story of "greed" that Obasan told them?
Love is bestial, does it need to be controlled?
Appears at the beginning and end of the film and monitors the soldier, who is the naked man who sees him and runs away?
Does the quote from Fichte at the beginning of the film really convey the same meaning as the folklore quoted at the end?
The director seems to be fascinated by this philosophy, eager to integrate it into the primitive tropical jungle, but ignores the balance of the film and the feelings of the audience...
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