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Films like this are exactly why I love Japanese cinema. You think how ordinary it is that nothing actually happens and you get so blown away at one point, you get such a rush of emotions that you don't even know where they came from. And yet it doesn't particularly force you to feel it, it just comes to you. The day Haruo was born was incredibly magical. A simple story of parental love and magic tricks. With one of Ōizumi Yō's best acting performances. A better 4 stars. (20.03.2015)