Exellent movie!
I found this movie about 3 weeks ago after reading an interview with Quentin Tarantino who recomended it ( i figured i'd take one of the gods of directing's word for it). It was really good. as a matter of fact i liked it so much that i went out and bought the book by Koushun Takami which has been translated into english. One of my favorite parts was the lighthouse scene, I spoke with my Pshycology and Sociology teacher who is also interested in japan and he agreed with me that it is an excellent representation of both these fields and if it were a little less violent he'd probably show it to the class.
like i said Exellent movie! 9 or 9 1/2 outta 10
also an exellent book so far.