Anthony Minghella

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a wonderful director and in collaboration with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's cinematographer, Akiko Ashizawa, they have created a certain aesthetic for the film which often elevates mood and nuance over action and in basic conceit the film is not dissimilar to Anthony Minghella’s Truly Madly Deeply (1990) with both women getting a second chance with their deceased partner, both needing resolution before they can finally say goodbye.