By coincidence a friend at work saw this last night; she was following an earlier list i'd given her of my recommended Japanese films. This morning it was "i've got a bone to pick with you....i couldn't make head or tail of it" . I mentioned your comment about love or hate it and it was the riskiest on my list. Still, she was one of the very few ordinary people i've come across (outside websites, film socs etc) who is not only very interested in Japanese films, but had actually heard of Mizoguchi- and had even seen Sansho-, so i'm still very hopeful for her.