One for all and all for one. If you change the old joke:
There are two Japanese (originally English).
- Where are you going?
- To the sea. . .
- And why the sea?
- Wherever you go, you go to the sea. Damn island!'
On a small island lives a small close-knit group of residents whose only hope for a bright future is a plantation of black figs. The inhabitants of the island do not like strangers and call them contemptuous "noise", they say, they bring unnecessary urban bustle to the measured life of the islanders. A couple of citizens arrive on the island, one of whom immediately kills the other and goes for a walk. When the daughter of the plantation owner disappears, the businessman and his friends immediately begin to suspect the visitor. And accidentally kill him. Not wanting to take the garbage out of the house, friends decide to hide the body. But investigators from the prefecture come to the island. The title of the film appears at 27 minutes. . .
A great movie, worthy of revealing the psychotype of island thinking - for each other, if necessary, accept a fight and die, but strangers do not belong here. Residents are ready to forgive "their" almost any action, if their actions are aimed at the good of the island. I myself have lived for some time in such a secluded and harsh place and I know how it is. Very naturalistically shown. Beautiful nature, closed to strangers people. It's a plus.
Of the minuses: sometimes very hypertrophied emotions, which is typical for Asian cinema, but I, a small connoisseur of it, cut my eyes. It was also a bit stressful to throw the plot between black comedy and serious drama.
As a result, for beautiful nature, for a strong plot, for overplay and for competent psychologism, deserved.
7 out of 10
P.S. The soundtrack is very interesting.