The Garden of Evening Mists

The interesting parts of this film are the war time Japanese atrocities in Malaysia and the communist insurgency against the British Colonials. The romance is heavy handed and agonizingly boring in parts. The only funny part is when she asks him Must you always talk like that? Direction isn't good because the story isn't clear. It's quite confusing and he ending isn't clear. The filming is quite beautiful though. The English subtitles are useful because the Japanese star Abe's English diction isn't easy to understand - sounds like Ken Watanabe.