"Fuyu no hi" or Winter Days is an animated short film from 2003, well actually it is a collection of very brief short films put together for this project. The result is also that you may say that this one does not look really too Japanese despite being a Japanese production and you would be right as many of the directors working on this one come from completely different corners of the planet. The dominant subject is Japan though as all (or almost all) of the stories are set in this beautiful country. I guess eventually it will all come down to seubjective taste and personal preference in terms of how much you like this film collection. For me personally too many of the stories did not really make an impact and the haikus thrown in-between felt a bit pretentious occasionally and not really supportive of the films. And that comes from somebody who likes haikus in general. Also the animation style was not always (gently-speaking) to my liking. That's why while I would under no circumstance call this project a failure I justg cannot say that the watch here was particularly impactful and that I probably ever feel the need to see it again. Also some of it was just too bizarred for my very personal taste and I am somebody who gets not "shocked" like that too easily. I have to give "Winter Days" a thumbs-down and I suggest you watch something else instead. If you still want to go for it, then of course make sure you got Japanese subtitles if you aren't fluent in the language.
Review of Winter Days
