This is not an easy film to watch. The director does an excellent job portraying a mother who is suffering from mental illness and the traumatic relationship she has with her son. The viewer is dragged through her erratic and destructive behavior- much like the son is- as we painfully watch the pair experience homelessness, domestic violence, familial rejection, and crime. Ultimately, we are left to grapple with the difficult decisions the son is left to make after knowing nothing but this violent and abusive woman's love.

Very good Japanese drama. Great performances. Subtitles are easy to follow.

It's one of the saddest movie I have watched recently. The terrible mother behavior is unacceptable and she do bad things not on her own but ask for her son to do things beneficial to her. I quite surprise the social worker did nothing in this scenario and even not her relatives to report such abuse on the kids goodness. Totally a tragedy and it's a real event.