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Apr 23, 2010 1:30 AM
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I haven't had such a teary-eyed experience for quite a while now. For some reason, it's very heart-wrenching to see someone blind being harassed; the effects are multiplied when it's some bratty kids getting involved.

I would have loved it more if Gil-son wasn't such a troublemaker; I just hate when kids act that way even though there's really no helping it. The ending was quite good though, with him sacrificing himself to open his sister's eyes. Hopefully she gets to lead a full life.
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Jun 23, 2011 1:27 PM
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Talk about determination! I loved everything about this movie.

HawthorneKitty said:
The ending was quite good though, with him sacrificing himself to open his sister's eyes. Hopefully she gets to lead a full life.
We don't know that he went blind for sure but it seems that Gilson was kept alive by whatever god that was and now he is just in a deep sleep for a while. Gilson is so innocent to die at such a young age.
Jul 25, 2011 5:03 PM
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dusFlaesPhan said:
Talk about determination! I loved everything about this movie.

HawthorneKitty said:
The ending was quite good though, with him sacrificing himself to open his sister's eyes. Hopefully she gets to lead a full life.
We don't know that he went blind for sure but it seems that Gilson was kept alive by whatever god that was and now he is just in a deep sleep for a while. Gilson is so innocent to die at such a young age.


I believe he actually does die in the legend that the movie is based on. However, I agree that the film seemed to leave it open-ended.
Sep 10, 2011 6:32 AM
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dusFlaesPhan said:
We don't know that he went blind for sure but it seems that Gilson was kept alive by whatever god that was and now he is just in a deep sleep for a while. Gilson is so innocent to die at such a young age.

It was said that his spirit has gone to Nirvana, so I believe he died.

This anime has reminded me about the film "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring". The film is about the boy who is an apprentice of buddhist monk. By the way, the film is Korean too.
Feb 19, 2013 2:40 AM
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Even though I don't watch anything that's not in Japanese, now I would recommend this movie to all anime fans.
Dec 25, 2014 6:36 PM
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Fantastic movie. 8/10 would watch again.


Jan 7, 2015 9:11 PM
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In true Korean style, it was quite melodramatic. The scenery and art were so beautiful, and I loved the character of the older sister. However, I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if there wasn't someone crying on screen every 5 minutes.
Sep 7, 2015 12:41 PM
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Really touching and I absolutely love the girl's voice it's so soft and kinda gave me chills lol.
Sep 20, 2017 11:45 PM
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This movie failed to touch me, the emotions portrayed felt pretty bland.
I felt like the point of the movie was just to try and make you cry, wich is not bad in itself but you got to have some substance to it, because when you fail there is nothing left.
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I don't get the ending at all. Wtf happened? Did he die and all the supernatural things were just girl's imagination?

The kid on the other hand was so nasty, was impossible for me to feel anything towards him other than irritation.

Drawing was good btw. But that's all.

4/10

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May 15, 2019 7:52 AM

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Nice movie, an ok movie, 3/5
May 15, 2019 7:53 AM

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Some kids were annoying, but it has a good story and a decent ending.
May 15, 2019 7:54 AM

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Overall I would give this movie a 5/10
Aug 27, 2020 11:12 AM
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I thought they were going in the direction of being more spiritual and coping with loss by feeling the presence of his mother through nature, but then they went with an outright depiction of the Goddess of Mercy and the kid being sent to Heaven. That's too on the nose. Even if the creators themselves were spiritual and believed in gods, it's important that they express their beliefs in a more subtle manner so that even those that don't believe in them could share in their spirituality.

At least the journey was beautiful. The soft blues and gentle reds of the sky along with the tender hand-drawn animation were beautiful in their own right.
Jun 9, 2021 6:11 AM
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Not a pretty impressive movie for me, honestly. Idk. Maybe my expectation just too high over this one, or my taste not really clicked onto this hermitage tale. This is too obvious. But, the ending, unfortunately also quite vague. So, there's people thought some different things while myself believe on this ending: i may think that the boy really death, and the blinded girl only left to see the temporary imagination surrounding her, not the permanent. As you can see how she held the boy all around her.

That's being said, its an okay movie, pretty obvious from the beginning that this is not about a good wholesome kind of story. I even thought that Oseam actually Ocean, cause its sounds similar. Kek. But, There's several twist goin on, ie for the monk fate, the boy, so its make the movie actually good enough to reconsider. But, overall, its just fine for my standard, nothing more.
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Aug 14, 2022 2:02 PM
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This was really good, perfect ending
He died and ascended to nirvana (heaven) to be with his mother finally
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