Gretchen I. Jones
24 September 2009
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Review
This film is based on the Nosaka Akiyuki story of the same title, and could also be fruitfully explored in terms of literary (and film/anime) narrative. It has a decidedly Japanese flavor to it, focusing as it does on the death of the little girl, and her brother's attempts to take care of her, failing to notice that she is making herself sick eating mud pies.