It takes great skill to make this kind of thing work, and Nakata has it. It takes greater skill to wrap up the flurry of loose ends in a satisfactory manner.
I’m one of three straight men on the planet who doesn’t mind “chick flicks.” Coffee & Kung Fu, despite being a novel, is about as “chick flick” as you can get.
If, like me, you spent a distressing portion of your life thinking that people simply didn’t think about sex until modern times, then Classic Nasty is required reading.