The Black Hair: ***
The story kind of ambles a bit, but the final sequence is good
The Woman of the Snow: *****
Amazing colors, surreal backdrops, eerie vibes throughout
Hoichi the Earless: *****
I love the opening sequence: cutting between the ships and the prints of the battles to show scale, and the singing narration. The rest is good, too, it’s just a a striking start
In a Cup of Tea: ****.5
A weird tone to this one, mostly on board, especially with the incompleteness of the story, but not as sublimely beautiful as the prior two
The first story made me think was going to be campier than it than the rest of it actually is. Despite being over 3 hours, I was engaged throughout
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