When it received positive responses in the West, Japanese critics were baffled; some decided that it was only admired there because it was "exotic," others thought that it succeeded because it was more "Western" than most Japanese films.
Nakon što je na Zapadu dočekan pozitivnim recenzijama, japanski su kritičari bili zbunjeni; neki su samo rekli kako mu se tamo dive jer je "egzotičan", drugi da je uspio jer je više "zapadnjački" od većine japanskih filmova.