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Kitano’s character, Takumi, is the film’s most misunderstood element. Critics might label him a passive participant, but he is actually the more tragic figure. He isn’t seduced; he is absorbed . His mother’s remarriage has left him a ghost in his own home. His advance toward Noriko is not born of lust, but of a primal need for maternal warmth twisted by adolescent confusion. ROE-165