Synopsis Sometimes love hides the darkest secrets. An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared. Cast Crew Details Genres Cast Director Producers Writer Original Writer Editor Cinematography Production Design Composer Sound Costume Design Studios Country Language Alternative Titles Kanojo ga Sono Na wo Shiranai Toritachi, The Birds She Never Knew, 이름없는 새, 未闻鸟名, Aves sin nombre, Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi, Bezimienne ptaki, Птицы, которых она никогда не знала, 她不知道名字的那些鸟儿, 鳥獸行, 她不知道那些鳥的名字 Genres Popular reviews More My very first psychological thriller was Se7en and I still remember I was so scared pausing and guessing what will I see next. The same thing happened in this suspenseful, cryptic yet exploitative film. The director made me guess who is the victim until the end. He even resorted to using our innate stereotypes on humans. Moreover, I like when a movie can make me realize that I guessed the entire thing wrong. I can't pinpoint what I like but I really like this one for all the suspense and thrills it gives me. Tbh, it's been long that psychological thrillers don't give me thrills. Yu Aoi is making some really interesting choices lately and I'm looking forward to probably soon seeing her go full serial killer in a movie I guess the best description of this, without giving too much away, it is a romantic psychological thriller. The performance by Yu Aoi is top notch. She leads you on a roller coaster ride as to who she is. Yū Aoi plays an unstable woman who's obsessed with her abusive ex and disgusted by her supportive thought this would be a thriller, but it played out more like a lewd sexual drama based around a character who we have little sympathy for. I personally never understood why anyone would want to return to an abusive relationship, so that aspect went over my head. At no point did I feel a sense of urgency for any of the characters and I found the drama element rather performances overall and once again Yū shows her versatility by playing someone we can almost despise, as she is rude to anyone she deems not worthy of her attention. I… “If you are happy,” says Jinji “I am happy.” Towako takes him at his word. She lets Jinji take care of her with his hard-earned money, cooking, housework, massages and emotional support, even as she keeps him at arm’s length, calls him a slug, idealizes her abusive ex-lover and hooks up with others. Jinji has faith that Towako will open her eyes. After all, those who would take cake out of the wheat, said Shakespeare, must tarry in the grinding. Yet the grinding gets nearly impossible when the police come to ask Towako about the disappearance of her idolized complex, surprising, stylish and touching film reveals just how much people often suffer in holding onto ideals of love… Oof. What a premise hints at some kind of crime/erotic/psychological thriller action the synopsis on the TIFF website says it "echoes Brian de Palma and Park Chan-wook", but the film actually reveals itself to be a rather straightforward character drama, with the thriller elements being secondary to the story at the characters here are not all that complex or interesting. The protagonist Towako has no inner life or personality outside of her relationships with the three male characters Jinji, her perpetually cheerful benefactor; Mizushima, the weak-willed salesman she has an affair with; Kurosaki, her violently abusive ex-boyfriend. Her obsession with Kurosaki is at least somewhat believable though still lacking in context, but trauma can't explain her… Thought this would be sad but it was very sexy… I did shed a single tear though. Yu Aoi supremacy Asian Film Festival 2017It is weird for me, who watched young Yu Aoi in her debut in Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chouchou and her remarkable ballet sequence in Hana and Alice to doing racy scenes in Birds Without Kazuya Shiraishi, who worked as an assistant director to Isao Yukisada channels influence from the latter's cinematic style. True enough, the strength of this film is its cinematography. As much as I love Yu Aoi, she is uninteresting here—nothing but still not over an old lover. It's also disappointing how the film tries to portray Jinji Sadao Abe as this filthy, love-obsessed guy to Yu, only to make him a martyr at the last 5-10 minutes of the… 「妳這麼恨我，我也是滿足了。」卑微的愛看了好難受⋯或許對於某些人來說還是值得吧。十和子把她的愛都留給不珍惜的人，慎治是這樣對她百般呵護，卻成了不被十和子珍惜的人。「人真的好賤，卻也無可奈何。」看完腦子不斷浮現這句話雖然看的時候都會知道「如果是我才不願意跟這種女人在一起」，但世界上也確實在很多人過著這種生活，自私的人不覺得利用有什麼，犧牲的人總催眠自己那都是愛，看完實在是蠻惆悵的⋯ That montage in the last few minutes is equally beautiful and devastating. It's easier said than done moving on from your ex, especially when they've shown you "care" and "attention" you lacked during your upbringing.. Yu Aoi Supremacy also the male lead is perfect This film was quite hard for me to understand at the start [watched without English subs]. However, I must've got used to it because, about twenty minutes in, it became much easier!There is something horrible about everyone in this. I enjoyed all of the actors portraying this too. For the most part, I just cringed or was horrified by how awful they the same time, there is a level of empathy at some points, most character though... I don't like that he's portrayed as a 'nice guy'. I really didn't like that, especially coupled with how it ended which I felt was a bit abrupt, but okay. I do not at all support an idea…

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