Although extremely difficult to categorize (Is this a noir? Or is it rather a drama? Is it a feel-good story? Or rather a dark tale of personal growth? Or maybe...a little bit of all of the above, and then some more?), this is without the slightest doubt a deeply original and interesting dorama, featuring a very nice message, a pretty weird but solid script, some great acting (plus, there's Yoshitaka Yuriko, which is always a good selling point for me), some very good directing/photography, and last but not least, a superb jazzy soundtrack!