The acting is good , the story as well – it is a coming of age story and still the movie seemed a bit too long and slow paced. I liked some of the scenes – and really admired what the young Akira did for his brothers and sisters – he was taking care of them when they were abandoned by their mother – locked between four walls – no one knew about them.

Just a minute ago while I was checking out the movie at Wikipedia ( link ) – I saw that the movie is based on a real story – which is shocking indeed.The movie has good rating both at IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes , so I guess I have missed somethin while watching the movie.

The song for the movie is touching – as you can hear for yourself in the video below :

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