*outline*
[You may wanna watch this alone. CAUTION : MATURE THEMES e.g. sex and nudity]
I'm the type to judge a book by its cover, so I didn't have high expectations from the very beginning due to the plain poster and the weird title. In fact, I never would've watched it if I didn't come across it on dailymotion while I was watching a different movie. It popped up on my recommended so much that it became annoying and the title actually ended up interesting me. The title, despite the absurdity of it, actually fit the story extremely well. The cheese representing greed and the cornered mouse representing one or both of the characters.


*analysis*
STORY : The first thing I have to mention is that the movie had a sad ending. I was so sure of myself that there would be a happy ending but- unfortunately there wasn't. The confessions and rejections were actually really good, the rejections didn't exactly make me sob or anything but they were probably better than the confessions. One thing was the nudity - there was SO much of it that at one point I had to take a deep breath to calm myself down and carry on watching. The pacing was a little slow and some scenes even made me feel like they didn't need to exist. This actually longed the movie out a little too much. The fact the plot was unique (to me, at least, because I've never come across with anything similar) was what truly made me give a 10 rating. Yeah, sure, there was a lot of beating-around-the-bush and the pacing was slow, but the uniqueness of the plot is what motivated me to continue watching the movie.

ACTING/CAST : Narita Ryo did so well in portraying his emotions and make his love seem so real and alive. The fact he was like an open book throughout the story really made me look at myself and think "damn sim, why can't you do better". So hats off to him. Okura Tadayoshi's character was supposed to be a little closed off, I assume. I couldn't exactly see much love when I looked at him except for maybe his wife. His character was a lot more complex compared to Narita's, whose was more simplistic. Okura portrayed more 'want' rather than love, which could also be his way of showing his affection but I'm not really sure. His character was a little difficult to understand.

MUSIC : I don't remember there being music but I gave it a high rating anyways because throughout the movie the instrumentals that came up sounded nice to the ears. I'll really have to rewatch this movie to keep a look out. The story actually distracted me from listening out to any tracks.

REWATCH VALUE : I don't know if I would rewatch but I think I might want to revisit the story and explore the characters a little more now that I know the ending. I would probably miss the characters a little, especially Imagase Wataru. There wasn't any comedy or anything that especially attracted me to him as such, but I just really loved his role.


*recommendations*
I would definitely recommend this to a friend, but I also wouldn't due to the fact there's nudity and I have a rep to hold :0.
I don't have any specific recommendations to share either but;
Visit my Custom List "Asian BLs" which includes Korean, Thai, and Taiwanese BLs to see some of my watches. I don't actually give very low ratings because I believe every story has a moral and that every love is shown in its own way which may be what romance directors attempt to portray. If you're like me then definitely check them out !! ^.^