As far as I remember I have never watched anything played by Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, and as a first film it wasn't disappointing at all.

The film is based on a true story following the life of Mayumura Taku, an SF writer, who wrote a short story everyday throughout the course of his wife's sickness.

A very well made film that almost got me crying. Many parts in it will just keep you mesmerised. Turning the writer's imagination into scenes in the film was successful despite the use of computer graphics which can sometimes destroy a film.

I must say that I was mostly satisfied watching the close ups as the writer wrote on paper. It's a plain thing but it's one of my favourite things that was used.