Mother

Maybe this is personal taste, but I found the performances insufferably cartoonish. It feels like they took anime voice actors and tried to make them act on camera. Couldn't stand the characters and didn't finish watching.

The hard part is this movie is based on true events, and the hard hitting story kicks to your gut, asking one question why ?? Even thou movie doesn't have an answer for our questions, but it allows you to sink with the characters as the movie takes off.

The actors did an outstanding job portraying believable characters in a sad story based on actual events circa 2014. The proof, at least for me, is that I watched this entire movie without understanding a single word or being aided by subtitles! The director surely had a lot to do with this as well, and thus also deserves special mention. Some interesting glimpses of life in Japan ( I think it's Japan). The small but clean facilities provided for homeless people is one example.