ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

turdburgher I liked this movie (7) for the kind of relatively slow-paced, minimalistic style that a certain type of Japanese movie has, and the fact that it escaped from the formula so often seen in Hollywood movies.It definitely reminded me of the Kurosawa classic, "Rashomon" in that it presents various perspectives and possibilities, leaving the viewer to decide on their merits. Like Rashomon, there is a death involved, but the guilty party, or more to the point, who is most guilty, remains a mystery.Well structured story line, tasteful cinematography, and a pretty cool soundtrack. Recommended.

Oil_Painter This film is beautiful and thought provoking, although it is also a very subtle movie. I must admit, that even though I have studied Asian culture while in college, I have not experienced it first-hand and certain aspects of it still elude me. That is probably the only problem a western viewer MIGHT have with this movie, is missing some of those beautiful and subtle suggestions. What I took away from this film, is that it is mainly concerned with the relationship between two brother: This is explored through showing us the different ways that they have chosen to live their lives, and demonstrating what sort of person they are by showing their behavior in common situations (at first). The key turning point of the plot involves one brother being involved in an incident that results in a woman's death, but it is not immediately apparent (to the the audience) if it was an accident or murder. It is possible that the other brother witnessed this event, but even that is not immediately clear. During the rest of the movie, the relationship of these two brothers is examined and explored as we watch them react and interact to the predicaments they find themselves in because of this woman's death. However, and this is the part that contains spoilers, I was never really sure about what happened to cause the woman to fall off the bridge, or if the younger brother lied at his older brother's trial. Through-out the movie we are shown what appear to be flash backs of this critical event, but they are continually presented as different scenarios. In the initial scene, we can see the younger brother watching the older brother and the woman crossing the bridge from a distance, but before anything happens on said bridge, our view is obscured by trees. We then see younger brother react to something, and then begin to run back to the bridge. Many different "flash backs" of this same moment occur through out the rest of the movie, but as I have said, they are all different. What really happened? I would welcome your thoughts, insights, and opinions.

xmonkid True, extremely true; The director arrange the pace and sequence perfectly.You won't get the true story until the last minutes.Nice photography; nice music; GREAT actors~ Would recommend to watch.THe truth is, I am too obsessed with peace and too scare about reality so...really tough for me to say "I love it"The family relationship is complicate;the lover relationship is complicate;the background information is complicate;the brotherhood is complicate;Why I should submit at least 10 line of text???

gunshin "Sway" (eng. title) is a genuine example of good Japanese film. It reminded me a lot of titles like "Unagi" and "A Day on the Planet". Sway depicts an increasingly shattered family after the death of the mother. The younger son, Takeru, goes home to his hometown to visit the funeral. Inevitably, he gets involved in a romance with his ex-girlfriend Chieko, who happens to be the love of his shy, older brother Minoru. Things take a sad turn as Chieko dies and the older brother gets suspected for murder. The movie focuses on the dynamics between the two brothers, the father and their lawyer uncle who comes to help out. The camera movements are very beautiful and the atmosphere incredibly rich. The pace is slow, as would be expected by Japanese movies of this kind, which gives the viewer time to think and grow into the story as time passes.Sway contains several unexpected and interesting turns, but is not very action packed. I highly recommend the movie to anyone who liked the titles I mentioned in the beginning.