<div dir="ltr">There's a new Hara Kazuo film out. He's been working on it forever. So far, it's shown a several festivals and to much praise....especially by audiences, which have given him "audiences prizes" at Yamagata and Filmex. I heard he's very frustrated the juries are snubbing him. But this is not the usual Hara film. It's sedate in comparison and extremely long. <div><br></div><div>But I like it. Definitely seek it out. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Today Mark Schilling published his review: </b></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">“I wanted to tell them ‘Are you joking? Stop it!'” Hara says. “I hate it when Japanese are praised for being so patient in a situation like that. In the film I clearly criticize Japanese who are like that. I mean, I love them but we ought to detest those who call someone like Shiozaki a ‘nice guy.’ That’s the message of the film.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">“If we don’t, we’ll never have real peace in this country. The willingness of the Japanese to forgive the powerful is a danger to our democracy. You don’t forgive them. But Japanese people are indifferent to that.”</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/kazuo-hara-returns-form-documentary-filmmaker-sennan-asbestos-disaster/#.WpeTvmamM1J">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/kazuo-hara-returns-form-documentary-filmmaker-sennan-asbestos-disaster/#.WpeTvmamM1J</a><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Mark also published a review for Sunny/32 with the provocative headline, "<span style="font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,serif">If idol-pop and ‘Saw’ were to have a baby, this may be it."</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/film-reviews/sunny-32-idol-pop-saw-baby-may/#.WpeTw2amM1J">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/film-reviews/sunny-32-idol-pop-saw-baby-may/#.WpeTw2amM1J</a><span style="font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Markus</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,"Hiragino Mincho Pro","\007e5d\005075\00039b\007e67\00ff6e\007e5d\0053d6\00fffd\0053d6\006083  Pro W3","Hiragino Mincho",繝偵Λ繧ｭ繧吶ヮ譏取悃,serif;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p></div><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