B

Was interesting, liked it. Characters and dialogue felt very strange, methinks sign of a job well done on the part of the actors and staff given source material of Murakami origin. Film's additions to the narrative too seemed pretty Murakami; led to believe Ben was responsible, never told for sure though. Atmosphere went from intro of A Wild Sheep Chase to house in Hokkaido to Wade mansion pretty quick, loved the way it was executed. Also, turned out cat was real all along, absolutely loved the way they chose to reveal that. 

Already mentioned below by another, but felt a lot like Parasite. S. Korea seems to have a thing for class-related narratives, particularly those ending violently in something of a pyrrhic victory. Will have to pay more attention to Korean cinema going forward.

Don't know that the setting shift from Tokyo to Seoul made a big difference in my eyes. Narrative in general seems pretty portable, could very easily've been set in NYC or Boston or Chicago or LA or London or Paris or Shanghai or Hong Kong, or any number of other world cities currently feeling the social bite of capitalism.

"Not a film critic but I liked it"/1