Watashi wa nisai

Ordinary, very ordinary... but therein lies its charm. The life of a relatively newly married couple learning to cope with and look after an adventurous, yet in most ways quite ordinary, near two year old boy, told from the perspective of the toddler and also you, IMHO the older you are the more charm it has.

This movie is nothing but bickering. This wasn't a fun watch for me, mostly it just got on my nerves.

Lightweight film exploring the pros and cons of raising an infant through a series of typical episodes, with occasional commentary from the child himself. This makes it something of a precursor to Look Who's Talking, something I wasn't going to forgive just because it's Kon Ichikawa. The film is shot pretty well (with a few intriguing touches like the animated "banana moon" sequence) and the acting is fine, but it's not much more than a parenting primer.