Hashiridase

This was such an incredible film, and Gong Li was phenomenal. Really had me on the edge of my seat.

I really enjoyed this story because it touched on the nature vs. nurture idea in a time when we have access to so much data on the human genome. I thought Nino did a good idea of portraying the different personalities and was impressed by how you could visualize the character change in his posture, gait, etc.

The main thing that bothered me in this story was that it perpetuated the idea that it was okay to stay in a relationship where there is a complete power imbalance and that it's ok for the partner to be so possessive. I was really hoping that the male character could redeem himself somehow by the ending but he never did.

I agree with the comments about the camerawork being off-putting when you aren't able to see the expressions of the actors during one-on-one conversations.