<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Apologies for jumping back to an old thread but, if anyone's interested, my review of 'Sennan Asbestos Disaster' for the Japan Society of the UK is now up here</div><div><a href="https://www.japansociety.org.uk/44376/sennan-asbestos-disaster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.japansociety.org.uk/44376/sennan-asbestos-disaster/</a></div><div>Roger</div><div>macyroger@yahoo.co.uk</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, 1 March 2018, 05:58:27 GMT, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp789c1f0eyiv8401721635"><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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Markus</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-family:utopia-std, Georgia,;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><br></p></div><div><div><div class="ydp789c1f0eyiv8401721635gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#274e13" face="courier new, monospace"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div><span><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font><span>, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span>School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);"><font color="#6aa84f" face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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