In Japan, Margaret (Alexandra Daddario) is a Lost Girl. A Japanese man approaches her from behind. She asks him to go to a Love Hotel. She's an English teacher at an all-girls school. She's a mess, having many one night stands. She is taken with Kazu, a yakuza gangster.

This is basically Secretary and Lost in Translation. There is nothing wrong with that but this one doesn't take the material to the next level. The yakuza gangster needs to do some gangster stuff for him to be interesting. The movie talks about flowers and losing a finger. It needs to get to the finger part. Margaret tells the audience that this is not a happy ending. That's B.S. This movie deserves a brutal ending but it does something very convenient and as happy as this is reasonably capable. It feels aimless like Margaret is in the movie.

If you are here just for the nudity, you may very well be dissapointed. Not because it doesn't exist (it does and quite plentyful),but because this is not what the movie emphasises. It is about an emotionally detached and broken character. To feel something - if you have to go extreme, that might not be a good sign.

Daddarios performance in this is quite mesmerizing for so many reasons. The movie has its flaws and issues, but she really gives it her all. The vulnerability on display, the emotional rollercoaster ... it may not be fun to watch (I'd actually say it is anything but),but it quite the performance she gifts us with. Add to that the other characters and while the plot may be predictable, the way it is shot and the performances help the movie immensly.

Not an easy drama and it may bug you and annoy you a few times, but this is meant to be - life is an adventure - some make it even harder on themselves, especially when their cries for help are not recognized ...

Thought for a while about this one, about how to review it I mean, and it all came down to, "yeah, but not quite......."

Setting is good, a good level of moody without being too dark. Daddario is very good but you don't get to fully understand her character.

If we could give half points would've gone 6.5, it's not a 7. Quite intriguing though.