Watched in 2017 (as best as I can remember in retrospect)

Superb movie, one of my all-time favorites. I was already well familiar with the culture of Japan through numerous movies, dramas series, anime, read mangas, not to mention two long cycling trips, and a couple of years of studying Japanese, and yet the first time I watched it, I felt deeply immersed me for over two hours  in an alien world.
Toda Erika and Mitsushima Hikari are two brilliant actresses playing strong women characters, each making their own personal way in a man's world, along with the sensitive man played by Oizumi Yo.. The scenery around the temple through the seasons is gorgeous and restful. The story is of healing and redemption. The climactic scene is thrilling.