This movie was brilliant and just deeply profound on many levels. There's a plot-twist that makes the whole thing swing around in the middle and go a completely different direction, and because the writing, direction, and acting were all absolutely first-rate, it all works. Is it all spelled out for everyone and tied up at the end in a neat little bow? No, because that's not how life works. This film has a lot to say about trauma, (inter-generational and one's own), fame, identity, art, shame, and hidden thoughts that we might not want to talk about out loud, but they end up emerging anyway. (If you've ever lost anyone to suicide, the very ending scene will make a lot of sense.)
Suda Masaki was flawless, as usual, and I was very pleasantly surprised by Nakajima Yuto.
I had no expectations going into this film, but it will go on my 'best of' list now. Really well done.