I profoundly disliked the comparison of the cultures implicit in this film. In my opinion, the japanese are portrayed as stange people, impossible to understand by the "normal" (american?) ones. The main characters don't even try to understand or analyze anything, they just bore and think about how life is empty and senseless. I don't think that if I was visiting another country, always fascinating and new, I would spend all my time at the hotel, drinking and flirting with men of my father's age. Modern life obliges to be adaptative and comprehensive. Wide horizons are so rare in american movies.

I expected something less deceiving from Sofia.