Lavinia, I found the humour at the expense of Japanese pronunciation problems to be the only problem in the film.
Other than that, it's fantastic. The pacing, direction, soundtrack; all very enchanting, and I cannot agree more about the unheard whisper. You mentioned Murray; I agree, but equal credit to Johanssen, who is also magnificent.
Mick
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