Rented this last night. Wow! Still giving me chills. Its a mood piece worthy of the great work of 70s era American cinema. Such tenderness and humanity. Favorite scene is when the Scarlett Johansson character is taking the bullet train out and about, totally lost in the Japanese culture, and sees a wedding party in traditional dress aproaching the climb to a shrine. In all of the foreign haze that she cant understand, she sees the groom offer his hand to the bride when climbing the steps, and the bride graciously accepts the gesture. Contrast that scene  with Johansson sitting in a skyscraper window and gazing anonymously upon Tokyo and the mood is set.

Not really a date movie or anything, but recommended if youre a fan of 60s French or early 70s American film.

Its cinema unconcerned about thrilling you or traditional novel type structure is why its a bit odd feeling. Its more film based on painting than writing. The cinematography, especially the low-light stuff was breathtaking.

I just love how the film is concerned with the moment, nothing else. Youre not anticipating anything as you know the characters arent going to fly off into the sunset, theyll simply return to their mundane lives.

Nice as well to see a film where dialog is secondary and the visual medium needs little verbal help. Especially love how there were no subtitles.