My Sister, My Love (Boku Wa Imoto Ni Koi Wo Suru) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2

Matsumoto Jun | Eikura Nana | Hiraoka Yuta | Ando Hiroshi (Director)

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)

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Mae
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June 23, 2009

This customer review refers to My Sister, My Love (Boku Wa Imoto Ni Koi Wo Suru) (DVD) (Premium Edition) (Japan Version)

I love this movie Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

this movie was amazing it totally messed with my morals because while i'm not someone that condones incestuous relationships I wanted these 2 to stay together. This is what makes the film interesting, while their romance is taboo it is depicted in such a sensitive way. These kinds of relationships are normally depicted in the most depraved ways, this film veered away from that instead what you are shown is a brother and sister that are truly in love with one another. Their whole lives they have been in love with each other but because in modern day society it is "wrong" to have these kinds of feelings they can't be together. This film doesn't try to shock you. This films depiction of forbidden love was very realistic and it wasn't to angsty at all. This movie makes great use of silence, the pacing is kind of slow but if you like movies like water lilies(this has a similar pacing and it also uses alot of silence) it won't bother you. This movie broke my heart I cry every time I see it the performances were extremely powerful especially Matsumoto Jun, he really shined in this. As I said before this movie really had me questioning whats right and wrong because they were truly in love but they were also siblings and i know that this really happens but now that I've seen this film which to me is a realistic depiction of such a romance I have come to the conclusion that I don't judge the people in these situations. In this movie the couple knows that these feelings are "wrong" but they can't help it because they love each other that much, and I can't judge the people in these situations because I'm sure they have the same conflicting thoughts. This movie was beautiful and extremely thought provoking, a work of art in my eyes it pushed quite a few boundaries I strongly reccamend this. It is different from the manga so if you're a fan I don't know if you will like this but try it out anyway.

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May 13, 2008

This customer review refers to My Sister, My Love (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Taiwan Version)

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When Love is Confusion Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10

Considering that some bothers and sisters don't always get on with each other, this charming and manga inspired youth romance of Yori and Iku, the two twin siblings falling in love here, is a refreshing change. Certainly a controversial love union that can be very difficult to feel complete empathy with, is a film also requiring an open mind along with that old adage, "love knows no boundaries". For me, a brother and sister relationship like this when its 'pure love', should be no less valid than any other relationship really. Unless if it were overtly sexual, which then would only be open to many a pitfall. In fact, a brother and sister normally should love/care/support each other throughout life as a truer expression of love (as much as brother should love brother, sister and sister etc.,), as part of a God given divine grace, and is far better than them hitting each other all the time.

I remember seeing an English drama in the 80s about a similar situation of a brother and sister who fell in love, and of the sever burdens faced by this union. Also, in recent times I've read about a young couple who had first fell in love with each other where they worked and decided to get married, to later discover they both had been split up at birth and were actually blood related brother and sister. All seemingly futile situations. Maybe they are, but this film scenario here certainly reflects the reality of such subsistent situations, of where a brother and sister can genuinely fall in love with the other, at that truest merit. And which can be generally reviled by society as a demoralized relationship. Love back to front and no sides. Still, for two people such as twin brother Yori and his sister Iku here, their real genuine emotional love since very early childhood, show a sincere and honest portrait of inner pure love that is rare, with a soul mate companionship given or experienced. By this film's sensitive and simple conclusion, too, can bring eventual tears of sympathy to your eyes, when you see more clearly the inner feelings Yori and Iku have for each other. Yori and Iku's have no perverse will, and in essence this is really about how Love can be struck upon a brother and sister, instead of the usual cupid inspired gateway of finding a loved one outside the family tradition. Of course Yori and Iku's relationship is hard to champion, as its certainly an unusual way to fall in love deeply by affection. But at the same time, if Yori and Iku were only ever going to be made for each other in their lives, it would also be wrong for them to throw away their love for loneliness - unless another future relationship would ever materialize.

"My Sister, My Love", though, is a movie mostly viewed as emotional quietude and self questioning and confusion about mutual love of these two siblings. Especially with the deep agonizing thoughts of Yori, and portrays a well filmed sensitive expression of the brother and sister's plights through silent emotional communication. In this way, its similar in essence to the Korean drama "Alone in Love", where scenes between Yori an Iku are at times unspoken and of silent thoughtfulness, which can make the plot seem quite slow paced. In fact, this is a very slow paced film here. Its all very touchingly and sympathetically directed though by Ando Hiroshi, and reflects the constant heart felt love and pain Yori as for his sister. It mostly focuses on Yori's thoughts right from the onset, when Yori asked Iku as a little child to "be his bride" when they were both in a field together, and of where Yori had placed a mock flower ring onto Iku's finger. Because of his early age, too, you realize Yori does really love his sister deep down in his heart, and isn't driven by his own sexual hormones for Iku, when Yori reaches his teenage years. This is of course the reason for showing this sentimental introduction. Still, Yori is always troubled by the love he as for his sister, and is never flippant or thoughtless about the situation. But is hauntingly and deeply in love with the closest flesh and spirit Iku would be to him.

Aside to the bro / sis situations, there are also two other teenage characters in this film at the school Yori and Iku attend, and both of these characters respectively have feelings for each of the twins. These are a Yano a boy who likes Iku and Kusunoki who as always wanted to date Yori, and both of these characters constantly intervene into the contained world of the sibling twins, and attempting to jolt away the love that the brother and sister have for each other. In a way, you could hope that Yano and Kusunoki would pull the twins away from their seeming perverseness. But Yano and Kusunoki only seem to really be testing the deep love that Yori and Iku have for each other.

Yori and Iku's love transcends for everyone else the normal areas of ' relationship' as we understand it, and is all about anyone finding a heart to love in our lives for the importance of being two people as one. But sometimes, that 'soul mate' might not appear in the normal fashion you could readily expect, as with Yori and Iku here. Blood twins, too, have more of a bonding than anyone else - and could be more closer for an emotional love relationship. Bond ships are what we are born for, too. But with a situation with a Yori and Iku, the relationship would be deemed wrong only in regard in the sexual sense (unless hugging is a sin). But if these siblings fell in love and wanted to marry, it would be difficult if they ever wished to have a child of there own. This doesn't mean that these aspects of child bearing alone should negate the love between two people such as Yori and Iku. But it would be logical that they would have to resist having a child themselves for those reasons if they wanted one, or at least consider the risks. A brother and sister love isn't exactly the ideal marriage union, but also in itself isn't abnormal or wrong when this love is true. Especially, if in hindsight it was the only love Yori and Iku ever found, offered by God, Nature and Life, and if they rejected it due to social norms alone, could each have sacrificed a natural possibility for companionship unto loneliness.

Acting wise, this film features two strong performances from Matsumoto Jun as Yori and Eikura Nana as Iku, with also good supporting roles with Yano played by Yuta Hiraka and Kusunoki performed by Ayaka Komatsu. It is quite a subdued film, though, and the mood here, especially from Yori's perspective who can be very contemplatively lachrymose. But with the sympathetic and positive confidences of Yano and Kusunoki (even of they want to break the siblings up), help to balance the weight of this film throughout. I've never seen director Ando Hiroshi's other film "Blue" though, which is also about pure love concerning two school girls. But the yearning love would be similar territory to what you have here.

As mentioned, "My Sister, My Love" is a slow paced movie (you could almost meditate to it) and if you don't like this sort of pacing, it might prove to be a difficult film to watch. But go for this, as its another type of movie that is worth considering, like similar 'debate' type films like "No Regrets", "Jenny Juno", "Blue" and "2 Young", which are all about finding someone to hold, love, hug and cherish against the odds of the social norms and difficult love (or even the 'ill winds' buffeting for merely being happy sometimes). Its again, controversial, but all worth considering and being open minded about, to help tackle the idiosyncrasies of negative reactions to such unions, which sometimes seem worse than the relationships themselves. All within reason of course, certain relationships are wrong. Overall, a very sweet and rewarding film about teenage dilemmas and growing pains, in this case concerning sibling love. And a quiet shout in the middle of the world, to say how very important love really is.

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