Emily Scott

Taryn Manning is incredible in this. So excruciating to watch. But to see the comments that it is "unnecessarily gruesome" makes absolutely no sense? This is a real life story? The pain these three went through was unimaginable... SPOILER.. And to know Ariel hung himself after only a month when they all survived 10 years of torture at his hands is just.... I don't have the words ..

Saw this movie in the cinema tonight. I think this movie does a lot to capture the Japanese diaspora and the dark cloud that death and trauma can put on a family. But for me I would have been more sold on the story if the main woman character was someone we could root for. In my opinion, she came across as very selfish and unlikeable. Her flirting with a married Japanese man with no obvious background other than their Japanese background was uncomfortable, and the discussion on that was not very organic. Having said that, this is the first Canadian film I've ever watched dealing with that topic and bringing it into modern day, and the movie does bring up important ideas of racism. Basically I think this movie covers a lot, but honestly could be delivered better.